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title: Medication Adherence, Co-morbidities and Health Risk Impacts on Absence and Job Performance | Integrated Benefits Institute
description: The study found that even for a population of employees receiving disease- and medication management services and who were largely compliant in filling the
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# [Medication Adherence, Co-morbidities and Health Risk Impacts on Absence and Job Performance | Integrated Benefits Institute](https://blog.ibiweb.org/blog/medication-adherence-co-morbidities-and-health-risk-impacts-on-workforce-ab)

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The study found that even for a population of employees receiving disease- and medication management services and who were largely compliant in filling their prescriptions, the relative presence of health risk factors is a significant predictor of job performance, while co-morbidity – the presence of more than one chronic disease – is associated with absence. The research was funded by the National Pharmaceutical Council.

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