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Percentage of U.S. adults not taking medication as prescribed to reduce costs in 2021, by age group

Characteristic	Share of respondents
18-29 years old	8.1%
30-44 years old	8.7%
45-64 yeras old	7.9%

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June 2023

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Region

North America, United States

Survey time period

2021

Age group

18-64 years

Special properties

Computer-assisted personal interviewing might have also occurred

Method of interview

Face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews

Supplementary notes

Adults who did not take medication as prescribed were categorized as those who reported taking prescription medications in the last 12 months to the study and responded “yes” to at least one of the following:

“During the last 12 months, were any of the following true for you:
1) Skipped medication doses to save money;
2) Took less medication to save money;
3) Delayed filling a prescription to save money.”

Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population.

NHIS is a cross-sectional household interview survey. The target population for the NHIS is the civilian noninstitutionalized population residing within the 50 states and the District of Columbia at the time of the interview.

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In 2021, there was a slight variation in the percentage of U.S. adults across different age groups who did not take the medication as prescribed due to cost concerns. Among these groups, individuals aged 30 to 44 years old had the highest share, at 8.7 percent. This statistic depicts the percentage of adults in the United States not taking medication as prescribed to reduce costs in 2021, by age group