Table 4.

Median time to prior authorization request completion and direct-acting antiviral prescription fill and absolute denial, overall and by type of insurance.

	Median Days to Fill (IQR)				P-value
	Overall (n=2,321)	Medicaid (n=503)	Medicare (n=795)	Commercial (n=1,023)	Medicaid vs. Medicare	Medicaid vs. Commercial
Median time to prior authorization completion (days, IQR)	9 (6 – 13)	9 (7 – 14)	9 (7 – 13)	9 (6 – 13)	0.68	0.16
Median time to prescription fill (days, IQR)
All approved prescriptions	14 (10 – 24)	24 (13 – 49)	14 (10 – 21)	14 (9 – 22)	<0.001	<0.001
Insurer denial preceding approval of prescription fill	38 (25 – 60)	46 (32 – 68)	35 (21 – 51)	32 (25 – 59)	<0.001	0.003
Prescription fill approved without insurer denial	13 (9 – 18)	14 (8 – 21)	13 (9 – 17)	13 (9 – 19)	0.33	0.70
Median time to absolute denial (days, IQR)	15 (10 – 22)	14 (9 – 21)	11 (8 – 20)	18 (12 – 28)	0.263	0.006

Abbreviation: IQR=interquartile range