title: Reducing the burden of medication costs to improve medication adherence.
abstract: The high cost of medications is one reason that patients do not adhere to treatment plans. Providers can take actions to relieve the economic burden such as prescribing generic medications and offering patients information on various resources, including discount generic drug lists, discount cards, mail-order pharmacies, and prescription assistance programs.
authors.affiliation: Christine R. Shaw is a clinical associate professor at the Marquette University College of Nursing in Milwaukee and a Family Nurse Practitioner at the Marquette Clinic for Women and Children, Milwaukee, Wis.
authors.forename: Christine R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods*; D016568:Drugs, Generic / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000191:economics; D008483:Medical Assistance; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D011177:Postal Service; D055553:Prescription Drugs / Q000191:economics*; D016903:Drug Monitoring
chemical_list: D016568:Drugs, Generic; D055553:Prescription Drugs