Strategies Used by Adults to Reduce Their Prescription Drug Costs: United States, 2013

The document was released in January 2015 by the National Center of Health Statistics (NCHS) in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The researchers analyzed data from the 2013 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to assess out-of-pocket medication spending and strategies used to reduce out-of-pocket costs on medication. The NHIS collected information from 34,557 sample adults aged 18 and over. About 18% of the $263 billion spent on retail prescription drugs in the United States in 2012 was paid out of pocket. About 7.8% of adults in the United States did not . . .