underadherence

noun

Meaning

Insufficient adherence to a treatment.

Examples

Because of the substantial personal, social, and economic consequences of patients’ underadherence to medication regimens, the prevalence and impact of underadherence to antipsychotic regimens have been studied extensively.

Etymology

From under- + adherence.

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