title: Providers push for remedies to costly drug noncompliance.
abstract: About half of patients taking any drug don't follow instructions. It's a problem that costs billions of dollars annually. Health plans are working harder to improve compliance because of the high toll it exacts on patient health and their own pocketbooks.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000639:trends*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D017010:Reminder Systems; D014481:United States