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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2016 Jun 22;49:28–45. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.06.004

Table 8.

Announcement effects for drug insurance coverage.

Dependent variable: I(Drug-insured = 1)
All drug insured
Employer sponsored insurance
Self-purchased private (excl. Medigap)
Medigap
Private HMO
Medicare HMO
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Announce −0.0317*** −0.0365*** −0.0035 0.0235** −0.0203*** 0.0144 −0.0158***
(0.010) (0.011) (0.013) (0.009) (0.007) (0.010) (0.005)
t 0.0179*** 0.0190*** 0.0073 −0.0079** 0.0079*** −0.0118*** 0.0055***
(0.004) (0.004) (0.005) (0.003) (0.002) (0.004) (0.002)
Excluding Medicaid beneficiaries N Y Y Y Y Y Y
Observations 16,876 14,981 14,981 14,981 14,981 14,981 14,981

Notes:

***

p < 0.01

**

p < 0.05

*

p < 0.1.

Clustered standard errors at the person level. The regressions are weighted and include a full set of control variables. The coefficients are from an OLS regression of an indicator for drug insurance (for each type of drug insurance) on the announcement indicator and a linear time trend. MCBS 2001–2005.