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REPORTBarriers to Health Care Access in the Patient Experience is the first report of PhRMA’s Patient Experience Survey, a new research initiative designed to explore the barriers patients face in accessing health care and prescription medicines. The robust quantitative data, coupled with secondary data and insights from think tanks, government and academia to reinforce findings, informs analysis that connects Americans’ real experiences to a policy agenda that addresses their needs and concerns.
Patients with serious chronic diseases report major challenges in getting the right medication because of insurance practices that force them to fail on less expensive medications first, and minority populations suffer disproportionately, according a new survey by PhRMA examining barriers people face in accessing health care and prescription medicines.