Making a single home visit to non-compliant patients increases their adherence to medication.

‘Emergency Department visits decreased by 40 percent and patient adherence to maintenance inhaler use increased from 22 percent to 65 percent.’

After a single home visit there was a significant increase in compliance with office visits in the year following, increasing from 68 to 133 visits. 




However, the intervention did not appear to reduce the number of hospital admissions.
"Ensuring the health of patients who do not show up for their office visits can be difficult," says Dr. Vipul Jain, medical director for the chronic lung disease program at UCSF-Fresno.
"Making a single home visit to noncompliant patients not only increases their adherence but also decreases their visits to the emergency department, suggesting improved control of the disease."
Source-Eurekalert