Table 3 Distribution of prescriptions and patients’ payments by demand type, Lombardy, 2012
From: The redistributive effects of copayment in outpatient prescriptions: evidence from Lombardy
Family | Exempt | Group #1 | Group #2 | Group #3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
income (€) | patients | Patients with relative price <1 | Patients with relative price >1 | Non exempt-high users | ||||||
Number | Number | Average | Av. presc. | Number | Average | Av. presc. | Number | Average | Av. presc. | |
pay (€) | number | pay (€) | number | pay (€) | number | |||||
<8,000 | 335,877 | 27,892 | 23.55 | 1.29 | 145,167 | 12.22 | 2.06 | 98,395 | 51.90 | 4.96 |
8,001-15,000 | 508,364 | 32,302 | 22.20 | 1.28 | 157,252 | 12.33 | 2.06 | 114,176 | 53.63 | 5.15 |
15,001-24,000 | 906,051 | 73,338 | 23.88 | 1.30 | 356,336 | 12.71 | 2.12 | 285,970 | 55.25 | 5.24 |
24,001-35,000 | 716,073 | 61,622 | 24.93 | 1.32 | 293,852 | 13.32 | 2.20 | 264,775 | 57.78 | 5.42 |
35,001-55,000 | 616,505 | 69,321 | 27.20 | 1.36 | 364,339 | 14.30 | 2.34 | 386,695 | 61.03 | 5.73 |
55,001-75,000 | 228,628 | 29,548 | 28.38 | 1.37 | 155,955 | 14.83 | 2.40 | 172,889 | 61.89 | 5.81 |
>75,001 | 215,432 | 35,329 | 29.66 | 1.37 | 161,780 | 14.75 | 2.38 | 179,125 | 60.85 | 5.66 |
Total | 3,526,930 | 329,352 | 25.61 | 1.32 | 1,634,681 | 13.50 | 2.20 | 1,502,025 | 58.27 | 5.36 |
Not matched | 585,151 | 40,103 | 210,264 | 141,277 | ||||||