Table 1.
Prescription Coverage Transitions from 2003 to 2006
| Source of Rx Coverage in 2003 (Column sums to 100%) | Source of Rx Coverage in 2006 (Rows sum to 100%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Part D | Employer (n = 2576) | VA (n = 296) | Other (n = 760) | None (n = 770) | ||||
| Total (n = 5171) | PDP (n = 3635) | MAPD (n = 1536) | |||||||
| Total (n = 9573) | 100.0% | → | 47.5% | 33.0% | 14.5% | 31.8% | 4.3% | 8.9% | 7.5% |
| None (n = 2538) | 25.7% | → | 63.1% | 49.6% | 13.5% | 6.7% | 3.2% | 9.6% | 17.4% |
| Medicaid (n = 1172) | 5.2% | → | 94.2% | 78.4% | 15.8% | 2.6% | 0.5% | 2.7% | 0.0% |
| HMO (n = 917) | 8.8% | → | 78.2% | 5.5% | 72.7% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 8.8% | 4.5% |
| Medigap/Other Private (n = 1641) | 19.8% | → | 50.2% | 46.3% | 3.9% | 24.3% | 2.4% | 15.5% | 7.6% |
| Employer (n = 2753) | 34.4% | → | 21.6%a | 13.7% | 7.9% | 69.5% | 0.9% | 5.2% | 2.8% |
| VA (n = 309) | 3.9% | → | 22.0% | 18.0% | 4.0% | 20.2% | 56.2% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| State (n = 214) | 2.1% | → | 55.2% | 52.9% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 6.3% | 30.0% | 6.2% |
| Other Public (n = 29) | 0.1% | → | 74.2% | 60.5% | 13.7% | 12.9% | 4.0% | 7.2% | 1.7% |
Weighted using 2003 sampling weights
aAmong those who reported employer coverage in 2003 and Part D coverage in 2006, 58% (N = 372) still report employer coverage in 2006. Because our coverage hierarchy treats Part D as primary, these individuals appear in the Part D category despite also having employer-based Rx coverage. However, if these individuals were assigned to 2006 employer Rx coverage, the results would reveal that 82.1% of those with employer-based Rx coverage in 2003 still had employer-based Rx coverage in 2006 (as opposed to 69.5% shown above)