Do cancer survivors change their prescription drug use for financial reasons? Findings from a nationally representative sample in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited evidence from nationally representative samples about changes in prescription drug use for financial reasons among cancer survivors in the United States.

Methods

The 2011 to 2014 National Health Interview Survey was used to identify adults who reported ever having been told they had cancer (cancer survivors; n = 8931) and individuals without a cancer history (n = 126,287). Measures of changes in prescription drug use for financial reasons included: 1) skipping medication doses, 2) taking less medicine, 3) delaying filling a prescription, 4) asking a doctor for lower cost medication, 5) buying prescription drugs from another country, and 6) using alternative therapies. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were controlled for demographic chara

SUBMITTER: Zheng Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6080209 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature