Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence and Desire for Medication Cost Information Among Adults Aged 65 Years and Older in the US in 2022.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Rising prescription drug costs and increasing prices for consumer goods may increase cost-related medication nonadherence. Cost-conscious prescribing can be supported by real-time benefit tools, but patient views on real-time benefit tool use and their potential benefits and harms are largely unexplored.

Objective

To assess older adults' cost-related medication nonadherence, cost-coping strategies, and views on the use of real-time benefit tools in clinical practice.

Design, setting, and participants

A weighted, nationally representative survey of adults aged 65 years and older administered via the internet and telephone from June 2022 to September 2022.

Main outcomes and measures

Cost-related medication nonadherence; cost coping strategies; desire f

SUBMITTER: Dusetzina SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10196872 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature