The primary self-reported barrier to adherence appeared to
be forgetfulness (64.9% Medicare and 73.32% commercial,
P = 0.0320, Table 3). A closer examination of why respondents
forgot to take their medication revealed that 23.3%
of commercially-insured and 12.9% of Medicare-insured respondents were “too busy sometimes” (P = 0.0002),
6.6% of commercially-insured and 4.1% of Medicareinsured
respondents were “traveling and forgot to pack
their medication” (P = 0.0939), and ,2% of each group
reported they were not able to perform their daily routine
(P = 0.3628).