Medication abandonment among U.S. patients in 2017, by out-of-pocket cost

This statistic shows the percentage of patients that abandon their medication as of 2017, by final out-of-pocket cost. According to the data, among patients that must pay $250.01 U.S. dollars or more for their medication 69 percent of them abandon the treatment. Generally, the higher cost sharing is patients are more likely to abandon their new medicines.

本统计数据展示了截至2017年，患者因最终自付费用而放弃用药的比例。据数据显示，对于必须支付250.01美元或以上药费的患者，其中69%的患者放弃了治疗。通常而言，患者承担的共付比例越高，他们放弃新药的可能性也越大。