Table 2. Participant Demographics, Access to MTM, and Interest in Receiving MTM Services: Results of a Los Angeles County Internet-Panel Survey, 2015.
| Characteristics | No. (Weighted Proportiona) (n = 1,014) |
|---|---|
| Age, y | |
| 18–24 | 107 (14.2) |
| 25–44 | 407 (39.2) |
| 45–64 | 334 (32.0) |
| ≥65 | 166 (14.6) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 454 (48.7) |
| Female | 560 (51.3) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White | 417 (30.4) |
| Hispanic | 317 (42.8) |
| African American | 69 (8.4) |
| Asian | 184 (16.2) |
| Other | 27 (2.3) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 429 (45.9) |
| Not married, but living with partner | 91 (7.2) |
| Single | 359 (35.3) |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 128 (11.0) |
| Prefer not to say | 7 (0.6) |
| Insurance status | |
| Employer provided | 480 (45.4) |
| Self-purchased | 127 (11.3) |
| Medicare | 182 (17.8) |
| Medicaid | 139 (15.5) |
| Military | 7 (0.5) |
| Other/don’t know | 79 (9.6) |
| Education | |
| High school diploma or less | 183 (30.5) |
| Some college or technical school | 227 (25.1) |
| Associate’s degree | 75 (8.5) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 324 (21.9) |
| Graduate degree | 198 (13.3) |
| Prefer not to answer | 7 (0.7) |
| Self-reported health status | |
| Excellent/very good | 587 (55.9) |
| Good/fair | 413 (42.4) |
| Poor | 14 (1.6) |
| No. of chronic conditions ever diagnosed | |
| 0 or 1 | 649 (65.2) |
| 2 or 3 | 247 (23.0) |
| ≥4 | 118 (11.8) |
| Comfort speaking to pharmacist | |
| Extremely comfortable | 119 (13.6) |
| Very comfortable | 259 (24.2) |
| Somewhat comfortable | 404 (38.6) |
| Not very comfortable | 146 (14.6) |
| Not at all comfortable | 86 (9.1) |
| Do you have access to MTM at the place where you usually go or last went for care?b | |
| Yes | 76 (9.1) |
| No | 267 (25.3) |
| Don’t know/not sure | 671 (65.6) |
| If MTM were available, how interested in receiving the service when you need to take medication?b | |
| Very interested | 77 (8.1) |
| Somewhat interested | 317 (31.0) |
| Not very interested | 308 (28.5) |
| Not interested at all | 292 (30.2) |
| Have used MTM | 20 (2.2) |
Abbreviation: MTM, medication therapy management.
All collected data were weighted to account for differential sampling rates, differential nonresponse, and other variables (marital status, education, income, and other demographic distributions of Los Angeles County). Data for demographic weights were based on the 2013 American Community Survey (15) and the 2011 Los Angeles County Health Survey (16).
Survey participants were provided with the following definition of pharmacist-led MTM: “Medication therapy management (MTM) is a medical service provided to patients by pharmacists to optimize drug and improve therapeutic outcomes. MTM includes a broad range of professional activities, including but not limited to performing patient assessment and/or a comprehensive medication review, formulating a medication treatment plan, monitoring efficacy and safety of medication therapy, enhancing medication adherence through patient empowerment and education, and documenting and communicating MTM services to prescribers to maintain comprehensive patient care.”