UPDATE: Fast facts

September 19, 2003

Percent of Medicare beneficiaries who did not fill at least one prescription

Fast Facts

Percent of all of Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older who did not fill at least one prescription last year because of cost

16.4	Percent of elderly black Medicare beneficiaries who did not fill at least one prescription last year because of cost
6.8	Percent of elderly white Medicare beneficiaries who did not fill at least one prescription last year because of cost

Source: Center for Studying Health System Change

UPDATE: Fast facts.

Medical Economics

Sep. 19, 2003;80:10.