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.