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“Historically, this is thought to cost around 300 billion annually, but more recently, that number is projected to be over 500 billion.”
· Medication Adherence: It's A Problem, Unaddressed · substack post

Guest article by Anthony (Tony) Sterns, Ph.D., founder of iRxReminder, on medication non-adherence. He cites a projection that the annual US cost of medication-related harm exceeds $500 billion, up from a historical estimate of about $300 billion.

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