Avoidable nonadherence U.S. healthcare costs by settings of care 2012
This statistic depicts the estimated avoidable healthcare costs due to nonadherence in the United States in 2012, by settings of care. In that year, outpatient care may have created a total of 23.2 billion U.S. dollars in avoidable costs. Total avoidable nonadherence healthcare costs reached around 105 billion U.S. dollars in the same year. Expected increase in insurance coverage, chronic diseases, and an aging population may place further stresses on the need for proper medication use to prevent avoidable healthcare costs.