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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce the proportion of people who can't get prescription medicines when they need them — AHS‑06 Data

Status: Target met or exceeded

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Most Recent Data:
5.8 percent (2023)

Target:
6.3 percent 

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
6.8 percent of persons were unable to obtain or delayed in obtaining necessary prescription medicines due to cost in 2019 

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Persons unable to obtain or delaying receipt of needed prescription medications due to cost, 2019-2023
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2019 2020 2021 2023
Total
6.8
CI 6.5 / 7.1
SE 0.170
5.9
CI 5.5 / 6.2
SE 0.170
4.7
CI 4.5 / 5.0
SE 0.133
5.8
CI 5.5 / 6.1
SE 0.148