Report: Not Taking Meds as Prescribed Leads to Increased Nursing Home Admissions

According to a new report, about 100 million Americans are not taking their medications as prescribed, leading to an uptick in unnecessary deaths, hospitalizations and nursing home admissions.

Failure to take medications as prescribed is associated with about 40 percent of nursing home admissions among residents with type 2 diabetes, according to the report. People who have multiple chronic medical conditions are of particular concern because they often take many medications.

This noncompliance will cause costs to skyrocket and health outcomes to deteriorate, the report added.

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