Table 3.

Average number of refills and days on therapy at 9 months for patients enrolled in the COACH support program and matched control patients who received assistance vs no assistance

	Mean number of prescription refills		Mean days on therapy
	COACH (n = 1724)	Control (n = 1724)	COACH (n = 1724)	Control (n = 1724)
Health insurance plan
Assistance, LS mean	4.86* (n = 1007)	3.86 (n = 741)	154.86** (n = 1007)	127.76 (n = 741)
No assistance,a LS mean	4.47** (n = 717)	3.33 (n = 983)	147.85** (n = 717)	117.00 (n = 983)
Interaction term P valueb	0.5175		0.5281

LS least squares

*P < 0.001 and **P < 0.0001 for COACH vs the control cohort. P values were adjusted for multiple comparisons using the SAS^® implementation of the Tukey–Kramer method

^aThe no assistance subgroup included patients who had commercial insurance, who were on Medicare/Medicaid and managed Medicaid, and those who paid cash for their medication

^bP interaction term for patient type (COACH, control) by health insurance plan (assistance, no assistance)