Percentage of adults who needed a prescription drug but could not afford it in the past 12 months in the U.S. in 2017, by metropolitan statistical area status*
Characteristic
Percentage of adults
Not in MSA
6.7%
Small MSA
6.7%
Large MSA
6.4%
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*Percentages are adjusted for age, sex, race and Hispanic ethnicity, health insurance status, poverty level, state Medicaid expansion status, and health status. A usual place to go for medical care does not include a hospital emergency room.
Original questions: 鈥淒uring the past 12 months, was there any time when you needed any of the following, but didn鈥檛 get it because you couldn鈥檛 afford it? 鈥 Prescription medicines.鈥
MSA: metropolitan statistical area. Large MSA: population of 1 million or more. Small MSA: population of less than 1 million.
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Percentage of adults who could not afford a prescription U.S. 2017, by MSA status
This statistic shows the percentage of adults who needed a prescription drug but could not afford it in the past 12 months in the U.S. in 2017, by metropolitan statistical area (MSA) status. During that year, 6.7 percent of adults living in a small MSA had needed a prescription but could not afford it in the past twelve months.
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