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Patient survey results |
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| N = 70 (%) |
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| SFGH |
37 (53%) |
| Mt Zion |
33 (47%) |
| "Do you have health insurance in addition to Medicare?" |
|
| Medical |
43 (61%) |
| Insurance through employer |
6 (9%) |
| Insurance through private plan |
10 (14%) |
| No other insurance |
11 (16%) |
| "Do you have prescription drug coverage?" |
|
| Medi-Cal |
41 (59%) |
| Medicare-approved prescription discount card |
0 (0%) |
| Through another drug benefit program |
14 (20%) |
| No prescription drug coverage |
15 (21%) |
| "Please mark the statement that best describes your current ability to obtain your prescription medications:" |
|
| I can always obtain all of my meds (100% of the time) |
40 (57%) |
| I can usually obtain all of my meds (60–99%) |
18 (26%) |
| I can sometimes obtain all of my meds (30–59%) |
11 (16%) |
| I can rarely obtain all of my meds (<30%) |
1 (1%) |
| "In the past 12 months, have you been unable to take a medication that was prescribed to you because you could not afford it?" |
|
| Yes |
21 (30%) |
| No |
49 (70%) |
| "Do you have a Medicare Prescription Drug Card?" |
|
| Yes |
0 (0%) |
| No |
70 (100%) |
| "Do you intend to apply for a Medicare Prescription Drug Card?" |
|
| Yes |
31 (44%) |
| No |
39 (56%) |
| "Do you know how to apply for a Medicare Prescription Drug Card?" |
|
| Yes |
8 (11%) |
| No |
62 (89%) |
| "Would you be interested in learning more about the Drug Cards?" |
|
| Yes |
57 (81%) |
| No |
13 (19%) |
Nayeem and Chertow BMC Nephrology 2006 7:11 doi:10.1186/1471-2369-7-11 |
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