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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Depress Anxiety. 2017 Sep 29;34(12):1147–1156. doi: 10.1002/da.22681

Appendix Table 3.

Predicted Changes in Rates and Slopes in Antidepressant Prescription Fills Among Those Receiving Treatment for Depression and After FDA Boxed Warning, by Race/Ethnicity (n=249)

White Black Latino
Estimate (SE) Estimate (SE) Different from White Estimate (SE) Different from White

Baseline Jan 2002 Rate 3445.20 (86.20) 1844.81 (68.10) *** 1848.30 (63.01) ***

Change in rate after warningΔ −731.98 (146.81)*** −614.44 (116.88)*** ns −665.91 (108.52)*** ns

Slope (Δ/month) before warning 19.86 (6.35)** 28.76 (5.03)*** ns 23.59 (4.66)*** ns

Slope (Δ/month) after warning −7.84 (1.46)*** −11.93 (1.15)*** *** −7.40 (1.06)*** ns

Change in slope −27.70 (6.75)*** −40.68 (5.33)*** * −30.99 (4.93)*** ns
*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001

Rate is number of prescription fills/10,000 youth with a diagnosis of depressive disorder per month

Slope is monthly change in number of prescription fills/10,000 youth

Δ

Change in rate is level shift between October 2003 and October 2004