Table 2.

Prevalence of various problems after the loss of Medicare coverage for immunosuppressive medications at 3 years post-transplant

Problems	All Programs (%)	Adult Programs (%)	Pediatric Programs (%)
Complaints about the “high cost” of immunosuppressive drugs	75.0	84.0	75.0
Difficulty paying for immunosuppressive drugs	87.3	88.0	62.5
Failure to take immunosuppressive drugs as prescribed	64.5	69.3	37.5
Deaths or graft losses due to cost-related immunosuppressive medication nonadherence	49.5	50.7	0.0
In our opinion, none of the foregoing problems are more prevalent	6.8	5.3	12.5

The survey question was: Of the problems mentioned in this survey, which of the following, if any, appear to be more prevalent amongst kidney transplant recipients who have lost their Medicare coverage for immunosuppressive medications at 3 years post-transplant?