Health status, expense discourage medication adherence among under-, uninsured patients
Patients who rated their overall health status as “good” were more likely to report better adherence to prescribed medications.
Patients who rated their overall health status as “good” were more likely to report better adherence to prescribed medications.
Current insulin treatments and new agents to manage diabetes may be prohibitively expensive for patients without health insurance.
Overall prescription use has increased in kids, adults and the elderly, but access disparities still exist for uninsured.
About 50% of uninsured adults in a Kaiser Family Foundation poll said they weren’t planning on purchasing coverage through a health exchange.