Table 6.
Prescription Medication Refills
| 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 |
Note that dummy variables for each round were included in the models but are not reported for purposes of brevity.