Prescription Noncompliance due to Cost Among Adults With Disabilities in the United States

• DOI: 10.2105/ajph.92.7.1120
• Publication Date: 2008-12-02T00:04:35Z
• Authors: Jae Kennedy; Christopher Erb
• Keywords: Odds

Objectives. This study estimated national prevalence rates of medication noncompliance due to cost and resulting health problems among adults with disabilities. Methods. Analyses involved 25 805 respondents the Disability Follow-Back Survey, a supplement 1994 1995 National Health Interview Surveys. Results. Findings showed that about 1.3 million disabilities did not take their medications as prescribed because cost, more than half reported result. Severe disability, poor health, low income, lack insurance, high number prescriptions increased odds being noncompliant result cost. Conclusions. Prescription is serious problem for many chronic disease or disability. Most would be helped by any current proposals expand Medicare drug coverage.