A Smaller Share of Medicare Beneficiaries of Color, Those Under Age 65 with Long-Term Disabilities, and Low-Income Beneficiaries Received the Second Shingles Shot

Share Receiving Second Shingles Shot Within 6 Months of First Shot in 2018

NOTE: Analysis includes only those Part D enrollees alive for all of 2018 who received an initial dose of Shingrix between January and June, 2018. FPL is federal poverty level. SOURCE: KFF analysis of 2018 prescription drug event claims data from a 20% sample of Medicare beneficiaries from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse.
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