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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2013 May 6;32(6):10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.04.007. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.04.007

Appendix Table.

Adjusted Difference-in-Difference in Rates of Stopping Therapy and Resuming Therapy in Response to Coverage Gap

Statins Anti-
Hypertensive,
combo
Oral
Hypoglycemic
Calcium
channel
blockers
Anti-
hypertensives,
other
ACE/ARB Beta
Blockers
Diuretics Digitalis
glycosides
Stop
  Non-LIS, Gap coverage vs. LIS 3.8% 2.0% 1.6% −1.5% −2.3% −0.9% −0.9% −1.0% −0.5%
  Non-LIS, No gap coverage vs. LIS 4.5% 1.7% 2.7% −0.1% −0.9% −0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
Resume
  Non-LIS, Gap coverage vs. LIS 8.0% 4.6% 5.4% −0.4% −3.5% 5.6% 4.4% 1.9% 1.0%
  Non-LIS, No gap coverage vs. LIS 8.8% 6.9% 7.9% 3.7% −1.5% 5.8% 4.9% 0.7% 3.7%
Number of observations 245,482 76,586 195,949 122,675 27,835 207,418 153,582 117,598 29,731

NOTE: Sample is individuals with diabetes and ages 65 that reach coverage gap in 2007. Individuals had to stay in coverage gap for at least 40 days. Resumption is defined as stopping a drug in the coverage gap in 2007 and resuming in the first quarter of 2008. Years: 2007, 2008