Description:
Percent of people age 18 and over who report that at some point during the past 12 months, they needed prescription medicines but didn’t get them because they couldn’t afford them.
Source:
Estimates are produced by the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, using microdata from the National Health Interview Survey, Integrated Health Interview Series (Minnesota Population Center and State Health Access Data Assistance Center, 2012).
Reference
Minnesota Population Center and State Health Data Assistance Center, Integrated Health Interview Series: Version 5.0. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 2012.
Methodological Notes:
In the National Health Interview Survey people are asked, “During the past 12 months, was there any time when you needed any of the following, but did not get it because you couldn’t afford it? ….Prescription medicines.” Response choices are yes and no. A small number of people each year refuse to answer the question or don’t know the answer; those people are not included in Stanford CPI’s estimates.