Issue Brief 3: Patient Experiences With Out-of-Pocket Medication Expenses

This Issue Brief examines results of a 2017 survey that was designed to learn more about the characteristics of people who need financial assistance to cover the out-of-pocket (OOP) costs of their prescription medications, the benefits to patients who are able to secure this assistance and the consequences for those who are not.

Patient Experiences With Out-of-Pocket Medication Expenses (pdf 199.91 KB)

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