A survey from 2021 found that between September and October 2021 around 23 percent of adults in the U.S. with an annual household income of less than 24 thousand U.S. dollars could not pay for prescribed medicine or drugs in the last three months due to the cost. This graph shows the percentage of U.S. adults reporting that in the last three months they or a member of their household were unable to pay for prescribed medicine or drugs due to the cost as of 2021, by income level.
Share of U.S. adults reporting in the last three months they or a member of their household were unable to pay for prescribed medicine/drugs due to the cost as of 2021, by income
The respondents were asked to answer the following question: "Has there been a time in the last three months when you or a member of your household has been unable to pay for medicine or drugs that a doctor had prescribed for you because you did not have enough money to pay for them?"
"Results are based on a survey conducted by web over successive field periods of Sept. 27-30 and Oct. 18-21, with 6,663 adults aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia..." Surveys were also conducted in "March 15-21 (n=3,905) and June 14-20, 2021 (n=4,843)."
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Gallup, & West Health. (December 14, 2021). Share of U.S. adults reporting in the last three months they or a member of their household were unable to pay for prescribed medicine/drugs due to the cost as of 2021, by income [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312006/adults-reporting-not-being-able-to-afford-prescribed-medicine-or-drugs-by-income-us/
Gallup, und West Health. "Share of U.S. adults reporting in the last three months they or a member of their household were unable to pay for prescribed medicine/drugs due to the cost as of 2021, by income." Chart. December 14, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312006/adults-reporting-not-being-able-to-afford-prescribed-medicine-or-drugs-by-income-us/
Gallup, West Health. (2021). Share of U.S. adults reporting in the last three months they or a member of their household were unable to pay for prescribed medicine/drugs due to the cost as of 2021, by income. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312006/adults-reporting-not-being-able-to-afford-prescribed-medicine-or-drugs-by-income-us/
Gallup, and West Health. "Share of U.S. Adults Reporting in The Last Three Months They or a Member of Their Household Were Unable to Pay for Prescribed Medicine/Drugs Due to The Cost as of 2021, by Income." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312006/adults-reporting-not-being-able-to-afford-prescribed-medicine-or-drugs-by-income-us/
Gallup & West Health, Share of U.S. adults reporting in the last three months they or a member of their household were unable to pay for prescribed medicine/drugs due to the cost as of 2021, by income Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312006/adults-reporting-not-being-able-to-afford-prescribed-medicine-or-drugs-by-income-us/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Share of U.S. adults reporting in the last three months they or a member of their household were unable to pay for prescribed medicine/drugs due to the cost as of 2021, by income [Graph], Gallup, & West Health, December 14, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312006/adults-reporting-not-being-able-to-afford-prescribed-medicine-or-drugs-by-income-us/
