Reed Marie, Hargraves J Lee
Issue Brief Cent Stud Health Syst Change. 2003 Dec(73):1-4.
Working-age African Americans and Latinos are much more likely than white Americans to report they cannot afford all of their prescription drugs, according to a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). In 2001, nearly one in five blacks and one in six Latinos 18 to 64 years old did not purchase all of their prescriptions because of cost, compared with slightly more than one in 10 whites. Cost-related prescription drug access problems are considerably higher for people with chronic conditions, particularly African Americans. Regardless of race or ethnicity, uninsured working-age people with chronic conditions are at particular risk for not being able to afford all of their prescriptions, with about half reporting cost-related prescription access problems. Increased patient cost sharing for prescription drugs will likely increase prescription drug access disparities for insured African Americans and Latinos, especially those with chronic conditions.
根据医疗体系变革研究中心（HSC）的一项新研究，处于工作年龄段的非裔美国人和拉丁裔比美国白人更有可能表示他们无力支付所有处方药费用。2001年，18至64岁的黑人中近五分之一、拉丁裔中近六分之一因费用问题而未购买所有处方药，相比之下，白人中这一比例略高于十分之一。患有慢性病的人群中，与费用相关的处方药获取问题相当严重，尤其是非裔美国人。无论种族或族裔如何，患有慢性病的未参保工作年龄段人群尤其面临无力支付所有处方药费用的风险，约有一半的人表示存在与费用相关的处方药获取问题。增加患者对处方药的费用分担可能会加剧参保的非裔美国人和拉丁裔，尤其是患有慢性病者在处方药获取方面的差距。
