Six in ten U.S. adults live with at least one chronic condition, and four in ten live with two or more chronic conditions. The ability to attend medical interventions and follow-up care for these diseases is crucial to their successful management.
One study showed that patients with a propensity to miss appointments were significantly more likely to have incomplete preventive cancer cancer screenings as well as worse results on indicators of chronic disease, such as hemoglobin A1c and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels.