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The percentage of Americans who reported difficulties affording prescription medications remained stable from 2007 to 2010, according to a report from the Center for Studying Health System Change.
According to the report, 13% of respondents said they were unable to meet their prescription drug needs because of cost concerns in 2010, compared with 13.1% in 2007. "This translates to approximately 39 million Americans going without needed prescriptions because of cost concerns in 2010," authors of the report wrote.
Notes: The sample size for the 2010 survey was 17,000, with response rates of 46% for the landline sample and 29% for the cell phone sample. Previous surveys used only a landline sample. The sample size for the 2007 survey was 18,000, with a 43% response rate. The sample size for 2003 was 47,000, with a 57% response rate.
Source: Center for Studying Health System Change – 2003 Community Tracking Study Household Survey and 2007 and 2010 Health Tracking Household Surveys
The percentage of Americans who reported difficulties affording prescription medications remained stable from 2007 to 2010, according to a report from the Center for Studying Health System Change.
According to the report, 13% of respondents said they were unable to meet their prescription drug needs because of cost concerns in 2010, compared with 13.1% in 2007. "This translates to approximately 39 million Americans going without needed prescriptions because of cost concerns in 2010," authors of the report wrote.
Notes: The sample size for the 2010 survey was 17,000, with response rates of 46% for the landline sample and 29% for the cell phone sample. Previous surveys used only a landline sample. The sample size for the 2007 survey was 18,000, with a 43% response rate. The sample size for 2003 was 47,000, with a 57% response rate.
Source: Center for Studying Health System Change – 2003 Community Tracking Study Household Survey and 2007 and 2010 Health Tracking Household Surveys
The percentage of Americans who reported difficulties affording prescription medications remained stable from 2007 to 2010, according to a report from the Center for Studying Health System Change.
According to the report, 13% of respondents said they were unable to meet their prescription drug needs because of cost concerns in 2010, compared with 13.1% in 2007. "This translates to approximately 39 million Americans going without needed prescriptions because of cost concerns in 2010," authors of the report wrote.
Notes: The sample size for the 2010 survey was 17,000, with response rates of 46% for the landline sample and 29% for the cell phone sample. Previous surveys used only a landline sample. The sample size for the 2007 survey was 18,000, with a 43% response rate. The sample size for 2003 was 47,000, with a 57% response rate.
Source: Center for Studying Health System Change – 2003 Community Tracking Study Household Survey and 2007 and 2010 Health Tracking Household Surveys