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Drug Prices, Drug shortages
Drug Prices and Shortages Jeopardize Patient Access to Quality Hospital Care
By Bharath Krishnamurthy, Director, Health Analytics & Policy, Megha Parikh, Associate Director of Health Analytics and Policy
The inability of many patients to obtain needed drug therapies due to either high prices or shortages has negatively affected patient outcomes.1 Nearly 30% of Americans say they haven’t taken their medication as prescribed due to high drug prices, and it is estimated that more than 1.1 million Medicare patients alone could die over the next decade because they cannot afford to pay for their prescribed medications.2,3