TABLE III.
Regression Coefficients In Models of Plan Switching and Consumer Cost for 2007 Wisconsin Follow-up Survey Respondents
| Switched plan for 2007
|
Ys − Yb |
ln(Ys/Yb)
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Intervention | 0.115* (0.041) | 0.098* (0.041) | −116* (37) | −103* (37) | −0.065* (0.017) | −0.064* (0.017) |
| Female | −0.023 (0.045) | −34 (41) | 0.008 (0.019) | |||
| Married | 0.107* (0.045) | −72 (41) | −0.013 (0.019) | |||
| High school graduate | −0.044 (0.093) | −45 (84) | −0.005 (0.039) | |||
| College graduate | 0.048 (0.048) | 20 (43) | 0.001 (0.020) | |||
| Post-college graduate | −0.084 (0.062) | 37 (56) | 0.029 (0.026) | |||
| Age 70+ | −0.039 (0.060) | 41 (54) | 0.054* (0.025) | |||
| Age 75+ | 0.079 (0.048) | −49 (43) | −0.032 (0.020) | |||
| 4+ Medications | −0.054 (0.050) | −23 (45) | −0.000 (0.021) | |||
| 7+ Medications | 0.116* (0.052) | −112* (47) | −0.008 (0.022) | |||
| 2006 plan fair or poor | 0.097* (0.045) | −55 (41) | −0.010 (0.019) | |||
Notes. Estimates are from linear regression based on equation (4), as described in the text. Ys is the 2007 predicted consumer cost of the plan selected for 2007. Yb is that cost for the baseline plan that had been selected in 2006. Sample size is 406. Standard errors are in parentheses.
*
p-value < 0.05