Table 2.

Primary Adherence, by Prescriber Characteristics

	All e-prescriptions		New e-prescriptions
	Number of e-prescriptions	Number ever filled (%)	Number of e-prescriptions	Number ever filled (%)
TOTAL	195,930	151,837 (77.5%)	82,245	58,984 (71.7%)
Specialty
Internal medicine	92,721	77,413 (83.5%)	34,035	27,162 (79.8%)
Pediatrics	13,712	11,579 (84.4%)	7,804	6,410 (82.1%)
Family practice	51,885	42,974 (82.8%)	21,290	17,026 (80.0%)
Other	22,467	12,794 (57.0%)	10,651	5,036 (47.3%)
Missing	15,145	7,077 (46.7%)	8,465	3,350 (39.6%)
Gender
Male	122,908	102,293 (83.2%)	47,088	37,492 (79.6%)
Female	55,752	40,853 (73.3%)	25,763	17,516 (68.0%)
Missing	17,270	8,691 (50.3%)	9,394	3,976 (42.3%)
Age
Under 35	16,318	12,344 (75.7%)	8,376	6,116 (73.0%)
35–54	122,909	99,071 (80.6%)	50,376	38,253 (75.9%)
55 and over	37,781	30,795 (81.5%)	13,431	10,326 (76.9%)
Missing	18,922	9,627 (50.9%)	10,062	4,289 (42.6%)
Practice size
1–3	59,460	46,538 (78.3%)	24,944	18,179 (72.9%)
4–8	59,713	45,911 (76.9%)	25,369	17,946 (70.7%)
9–15	41,172	31,983 (77.7%)	16,689	11,949 (71.6%)
16+	35,585	27,405 (77.0%)	15,243	10,910 (71.6%)