WhatPatientsThink.com

It's not the most typical thing to be thinking about during these warm - ok, hot (really, really hot) - summer days, but whether we're out on vacation with family or hoping that a cold front will sweep through our hometowns, our conditions do follow us around.

And that got us thinking that we'd never given people a chance to take our condition focused surveys directly from these this page, which was pretty dumb of us.

So here's your chance now: https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/jbDX27. Tell us what your experience of disease or a condition is like and you could win a weekly sweepstakes award! But best of all, you'll be helping others know that their experiences are shared by others.

Well, it's been an absurdly long time since we've posted an update on what we're doing. (Our apologies for that.) But we've been quite busy over the last several months.

1) We've now had feedback from over 700 patients with over a dozen conditions who've honored us with their insights about their conditions! Thanks to all those who've contributed.
2) We've awarded over $300 in Amazon Gift cards to more than 20 of those patients who've shared their experiences with us.
3) And we're now fielding a survey asking our friends what more they'd like to see from WhatPatientsThink.com. If you're interested, you can take that survey at https://www.research.net/s/whatpatientsthink_whatsnextsurvey.

We're always interested in hearing what you think.

WhatPatientsThink.com "What's Next" Survey We really want to stay in touch with you and hear how things are going with you! As a way of saying "thanks for your time," we'll send you a $5 Amazon Gift Card upon completing this survey

We've taken a further look at the impact of different factors on patients taking their medicines. This time we looked at the effect of the cost of those medicines, education, and household income.

Generally, we found results that seemed pretty reasonable: better medication taking with lower out-of-pocket costs, higher educational attainment, and higher income. But there were still a few curious findings:

* If patients didn't pay anything for their medicine, their adherence was a bit lower than even if they paid as little as $5.
* The highest income group - patients with household incomes above $150K - had the lowest adherence: Only 58% said they took all their medicine.

Normal qualifications apply: small sample sizes, etc., but continues to confirm for us that adherence is something that no one has really licked.

Read the whole post here: http://goo.gl/F9Sxrj

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