Results

This website presents the benchmark data, analysis, and visualizations accompanying the article Regulated Medication Information, Accessible Web Delivery? A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of United States Prescription Drug Brand Homepages by Max Shestov and Christopher Felix Brewer, in Universal Access in the Information Society (Springer).

Summary

N total rows: 338

N with FScore: 229

N with NO_CRUX: 69

N with NO_CONTENT: 3

N with NO_LH: 1

N with AUDIT_FAIL: 1

Median Score: 67.1

Score IQR (Q1–Q3): 57.4 – 75.3

Median FScore: 68.8

FScore IQR (Q1–Q3): 59.9 – 75.7

NO_CRUX = Loading Performance, Interactivity, Visual Stability all N/A.

NO_CONTENT = READ_S is N/A.

NO_LH = LH Performance, LH Best Practices, LH SEO all N/A.

AUDIT_FAIL = NO_CRUX + NO_CONTENT + NO_LH (all missing for a row).

Median/IQR computed on available numeric values only.

Score and FScore summaries use per-homepage values rounded to one decimal, matching the benchmark table and Supplementary Table S1.

Component Summary

CrUX category distribution among non-missing values

LP

Good: 58.8%

Needs Improvement: 31.1%

Poor: 10.1%

Missing: 21%

INT

Good: 95.2%

Needs Improvement: 4.8%

Poor: 0%

Missing: 31.7%

VS

Good: 58%

Needs Improvement: 21.6%

Poor: 20.4%

Missing: 20.4%

Pa11y burden

Pa11y A

Median: 7

IQR (Q1–Q3): 3 – 14

% with A = 0: 2.7%

Pa11y AA

Median: 13

IQR (Q1–Q3): 6 – 23

% with AA = 0: 1.2%

Lighthouse

LH Performance

Median: 56

IQR (Q1–Q3): 47 – 68

LH Best Practices

Median: 87

IQR (Q1–Q3): 80 – 88.3

LH SEO

Median: 86

IQR (Q1–Q3): 82 – 93

CrUX device mix among rows with available device data (missing % out of N=338)

Phone

Dominant rows (most-used phone): 148 (43.8%)

Average usage: 74.9%

Avg FScore: 66.5

Tablet

Dominant rows (most-used tablet): 0 (0%)

Average usage: 1.1%

Avg FScore: N/A

Desktop

Dominant rows (most-used desktop): 10 (3%)

Average usage: 24.1%

Avg FScore: 74.2

Missing reports

180 (53.3%)

Readability

FRE

Median: 35.8

IQR (Q1–Q3): 24.2 – 44.9

GF Index

Median: 13

IQR (Q1–Q3): 10.8 – 16.2

Spell %

Median: 5.6

IQR (Q1–Q3): 3.7 – 8.5

Words

Median: 777

IQR (Q1–Q3): 456.5 – 1339.5

Footnote: Medians and IQRs were computed using available numeric values (missing/N/A excluded). Percentages are reported with denominators as specified (eg, CrUX category percentages among non-missing values; missingness out of N=338).