Prescription Drug Affordability among Medicare Beneficiaries
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Examines the affordability of prescription drugs among Medicare beneficiaries. Explores whether Medicare beneficiaries skipped doses, took less medication, delayed filling a prescription, or did not fill needed prescriptions due to cost concerns. Explores affordability concerns by race and ethnicity, sex, family income, urban versus rural counties, and presence of select chronic conditions.
Author(s)
Wafa Tarazi, Kenneth Finegold, Steven Sheingold, Nancy De Lew, Benjamin D. Sommers
Date
01/2022
Type
Document
Organization
HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Access · Cardiovascular disease · Chronic respiratory conditions · Diabetes · Medicare · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data
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- HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, view details