ABSTRACT
Nonadherence to prescribed treatments is prevalent in pediatric practice (1–6). Medical nonadherence has far-reaching implications for both the future health of children as well as our health care establishment. Pediatric medical nonadherence results in poor health outcomes, unreliable treatment efficacy assessments, unnecessary clinical interventions, and enormous costs to American taxpayers (7). Recent studies indicate that 30% to 60% of all patients do not optimally adhere to prescribed medical regimens (6).
