Cost-Related Medication Underuse: A Window Into Patients' Medication-Related Concerns
- John D. Piette, PhD
Abstract
In Brief
Although medication costs pose a very real barrier to diabetic patients' adherence, decisions to forgo treatment due to cost pressures often reflect other issues, including patients' suspicions about medication safety and efficacy. Clinicians should inquire about cost pressures for each treatment in their patients' regimens and open a discussion about potential medication-related concerns that may be driving patients' adherence behavior.
Footnotes
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John D. Piette, PhD, is a senior research career scientist in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. He is also a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and director of the Program on Quality Improvement for Complex Chronic Conditions.
- American Diabetes Association(R) Inc., 2009
