title: Special report: the value of pharmaceuticals. Misused or unused prescriptions may cost your health plan plenty.
abstract: Medication noncompliance is seriously affecting patient well-being, health care costs, and the national economy. The health consequences of noncompliance include prolonged illness, uncontrolled chronic disease, hospitalization, disability, and death.
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000191:economics*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D014481:United States