September 26, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Outpatient prescription drug coverage, March 2010

Outpatient prescription drug coverage access, participation, and takeup rates, by wage percentile and establishment size, private industry workers, March 2010
Characteristic	Access	Participation	Takeup rate
All workers	69%	50%	73%
Wage percentile
Lowest 25 percent	37	21	57
Second 25 percent	74	51	69
Third 25 percent	84	65	77
Highest 25 percent	89	70	79
Establishment size
1 to 49 workers	54	38	70
50 to 99 workers	68	49	72
100 to 499 workers	80	57	71
500 or more workers	86	67	78

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