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. 2017 Jul 7;27(1):e39–e54. doi: 10.1002/hec.3535

Table 4.

Sensitivity

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
PcV P4P 0.0176*** 0.0159** 0.0212 0.0192* 0.0153** 0.0252*** 0.0189
(0.000) (0.0073) (0.0157) (0.0112) (0.0068) (0.0063) (0.0120)
CI lower 0.00698
CI upper 0.0282
Municipality FE X X X X X X
Year FE X X X X X X X
Municipality trends X X X X
Covariates X X X
Population weights X X X X X X
Observations 2,312 2,304 2,312 2,304 2,312 2,016 2,312
Municipalities 289 288 289 288 289 289 289
R 2 0.914 0.020 0.027 0.095 0.004 0.059

Note. Sensitivity tests for the main dependent variable, that is, the PcV share (= penicillin V prescriptions' share of total consumption of antibiotics prescribed for respiratory tract infections (ATC codes: J01CE02/J01AA02/J01CA04/J01CR02/J01DB‐DE/J01FA), children 0–6 years; mean = 0.69). (1) Wild cluster bootstrap on the preferred specification (999 replications, p‐value in parenthesis; CI lower/upper = 95% confidence interval); (2) preferred specification + time‐varying covariates (share of children and elderly, population share with secondary/tertiary education, log population and mean income in municipality, I (control county with other antibiotic‐related P4P), I (implementation year of entry/choice reform), I (drug cost responsibility of care centers)); (3) preferred specification but excluding municipality linear trends; (4) preferred specification, excluding municipality linear trends, and including covariates; (5) preferred specification not using population size weights; (6) preferred specification using entropy balancing weights (2007–2013 sample; see the online Appendix for entropy balancing results); (7) fractional response model. Columns 2–7: standard errors clustered by county council in parentheses (cluster‐bootstrapped with 999 replications in col. 7). P4P = pay‐for‐performance; FE = fixed effects. ***p<.01, **p<.05, *p<.1.