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. 2013 Jan 31;346:f264. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f264

Table 3.

Any school with a policy for gift restriction from pharmaceutical industry before 2002

Variables Stimulant (lisdexamfetamine) Antipsychotic (paliperidone) Antidepressant (desvenlafaxine)
Odds ratio (95% CI) P value Odds ratio (95% CI) P value Odds ratio (95% CI) P value
Exposed to policy 0.21 (0.09 to 0.51) 0.001 0.20 (0.04 to 0.96) 0.05 0.82 (0.35 to 1.92) 0.64
Period of exposure 1.28 (0.98 to 1.69) 0.07 1.19 (0.46 to 3.08) 0.72 0.78 (0.51 to 1.22) 0.28
Prescribing volume (100s) 1.06 (1.04 to 1.09) <0.001 1.03 (0.99 to 1.07) 0.11 1.01 (0.99 to 1.03) 0.28
Cash payment 0.70 (0.57 to 0.86) 0.001 1.89 (1.16 to 3.09) 0.01 0.93 (0.71 to 1.24) 0.64
Medicaid payment 0.86 (0.68 to 1.09) 0.22 1.70 (1.04 to 2.78) 0.04 0.67 (0.36 to 1.22) 0.19
Psychiatry 0.52 (0.38 to 0.72) <0.001 4.75 (1.33 to 16.9) 0.02 1.42 (0.65 to 3.10) 0.38
General medicine 0.44 (0.33 to 0.58) <0.001 0.92 (0.22 to 3.88) 0.91 1.73 (0.87 to 3.43) 0.12
Male 0.98 (0.78 to 1.24) 0.87 1.80 (0.92 to 3.50) 0.09 1.15 (0.80 to 1.64) 0.45

All models include school fixed effects. Third party is omitted insurance category. Other is omitted provider specialty. Standard errors clustered by prescriber.