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How do you usually obtain your insulin?

 
     

Local pharmacy

 
 

62%

 

  288

 
     

Local discount store (e.g., Wal-Mart)

 
 

4%

 

  22

 
     

Mail order or online pharmacy to save money

 
 

14%

 

  67

 
     

Mail order or online pharmacy for convenience

 
 

3%

 

  14

 
     

Mail order or online pharmacy because my insurance makes me use it

 
 

10%

 

  50

 
     

Other

 
 

3%

 

  18

 
     

I don't use insulin

 
 

1%

 

  1

 


Total votes: 460

 

How do you usually obtain your insulin?

Poll dates: February 10 - 17, 2008
Total Votes: 460

Amost two-thirds of CWD visitors report obtaining insulin from a local store -- 62% from a local pharmacy, and 4% from a local discount store such as Wal-Mart, essentially the same as in previous years (see table below). Of the remaining visitors, 27% report using a mail order or online pharmacy to obtain their insulin. For those who use mail order:

  • 51% (67/131) use mail order to save money
  • 11% (14/131) use mail order for convenience
  • 38% (50/131) use mail order because their insurance makes them

This table summarizes how people have responded to this poll over the past several years:

  Answer     Feb 2008     Feb 2006     Jan 2005  
Local pharmacy 62% 59% 60%
Local discount store 4% 7% 6%
Mail order to save money 14% 13% 14%
Mail order for convenience 3% 4% 3%
Mail order because required to 10% 10% 11%
Other 3% 1% 2%

Because temperature extremes can damage insulin, we're interested in hearing from mail order users about their experiences with mail order delivery of insulin.

Mail Order Poll

  For mail order users, have you ever had insulin that had to be replaced due to damage during shipment, such as from exposure to temperature extremes?  
   

Yes

 
   

No

 
   

Not sure

 


 

Poll Results

 

For mail order users, have you ever had insulin that had to be replaced due to damage during shipment, such as from exposure to temperature extremes?

 
     

Yes

 
 

20%

 

  4

 
     

No

 
 

80%

 

  16

 
     

Not sure

 
 

0%

 

   0

 


Total votes: 20

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