Medication costs and adherence of treatment before and after the affordable care act: 1999-2015

J. Kennedy and E.G. Wood

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 10, 1804-1807

Abstract: To examine national changes in rates of cost-related prescription nonadherence (CRN) by age group, we used data from the 1999-2015 Sample Adult and Sample Child National Health Interview Surveys (n = 768 781). In a logistic regression analysis of 2015 data, we identified subgroups at risk for cost-related nonadherence. The proportion of all Americans who did not fill a prescription in the previous 12 months because they could not afford it grew from 1999 to 2009, peaking at 8.3% at the height of the Great Recession and dropping to 5.2% by 2015. CRN among seniors, however, peaked in 2004 at 5.4% and dropped to 3.6% after implementation ofMedicare PartDin 2006. CRN is responsive to improved access related to implementation of Medicare Part D and the Affordable Care Act.

Keywords: adult; American; child; height; human; interview; logistic regression analysis; major clinical study; medicare; prescription; public health; adolescent; aged; drug cost; female; health care policy; health survey; legislation and jurisprudence; male; medication compliance; middle aged; socioeconomics; statistics and numerical data; trends; United States, Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Drug Costs; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Male; Medicare Part D; Medication Adherence; Middle Aged; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Socioeconomic Factors; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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