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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Medication Adherence and Compliance: Recipe for Improving Patient Outcomes.

Taiwo Opeyemi Aremu, Oluwatosin Esther Oluwole, Kehinde Oluwatosin Adeyinka, Jon C Schommer

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Article in Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 authors.

Taiwo Opeyemi AremuDepartment of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems (PCHS), College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9584-6468
Oluwatosin Esther OluwoleDivision of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7981-6234
Kehinde Oluwatosin AdeyinkaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan 200248, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0003-0226-052X
Jon C SchommerDepartment of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems (PCHS), College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5747-4221

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The indices of patients' health outcomes have historically included recurrence of symptoms, number of emergency visits, hospitalization and re-admission rates, morbidity, and mortality. As significant healthcare players, providers can influence these events, including the timeliness of diagnosis and disease management, the cost of treatment, access to health insurance, and medication adherence. Beyond healthcare availability and access, the ability of patients to adhere to providers' treatment recommendations goes a long way to serve as a recipe for improving patient outcomes. Unfortunately, medication nonadherence has been prevalent, culminating in worsened health conditions, increased cost of care, and increased healthcare spending. This article provides some innovative ideas and good considerations for encouraging medication adherence. Improving providers' and patients' education and adopting active and passive communication, including consented reminders, could enhance compliance. Embracing partnerships between providers' organizations and faith-based and community organizations could drive adherence. Adopting an income-based cap on out-of-pocket spending and adapting the physical properties, bioavailability, and dosage regimen of medications to accommodate diverse patient population preferences could encourage refills and compliance. Good medication adherence can culminate in improved patient outcomes.

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communicationhealth outcomesmedication adherence and compliancemedication nonadherencepatient outcomespatients’ educationproviders’ education

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PMID36136839
PMCPMC9498383

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