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Table 6 Prescription Medication Refills

From: Impact of discontinuity in health insurance on resource utilization

 

Static

Specification (1)

Static

Specification (2)

Dynamic

Specification (3)

One transition

0.513***

(0.022)

0.614***

(0.025)

0.704***

(0.029)

More than one transition

0.597***

(0.030)

0.746***

(0.036)

0.809***

(0.038)

Age

1.035***

(0.0011)

1.026***

(0.0010)

1.023***

(0.0010)

Male

0.871***

(0.033)

0.832***

(0.029)

0.830***

(0.029)

Married

1.058***

(0.021)

1.046**

(0.020)

1.072***

(0.022)

Graduated high school

1.206***

(0.042)

1.302***

(0.043)

1.203***

(0.039)

White

1.047

(0.035)

1.093***

(0.034)

1.050

(0.033)

Family size

0.936***

(0.0051)

0.941***

(0.0050)

0.943***

(0.0052)

Employed

0.851***

(0.012)

0.893***

(0.013)

0.942***

(0.016)

Healthy (self-reported)

0.870***

(0.0059)

0.895***

(0.0061)

0.905***

(0.0068)

Income

0.982***

(0.0041)

0.987***

(0.0041)

0.985***

(0.0044)

Number of chronic conditions

1.031***

(0.0036)

1.029***

(0.0036)

1.032***

(0.0038)

Average employment status over the observation time frame

 

0.710***

(0.035)

0.782***

(0.039)

Average self-reported health status over the observation time frame

 

0.257***

(0.012)

0.335***

(0.016)

Prescription refills in prior period

  

0.997***

(0.00014)

Prescription refills at initial period

  

1.073***

(0.0030)

Observations

37482

37482

31235

Number of individuals

6247

6247

6247

  1. Note that dummy variables for each round were included in the models but are not reported for purposes of brevity.