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I would like to ask you more specific questions about how much your household and all its members spent in cash or in-kind on all health care and services that did not require an overnight stay. Again, we want expenses in the last 30 days. If payment was in-kind, please estimate a monetary value. Please exclude costs to be reimbursed by insurance.
In the last 30 days, how much did your household spend on:
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Medications or drugs (prescription, non-prescription, traditional, homeopathic…)?