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Time to treatment discontinuation and switching or augmentation of initial drug therapy among newly treated patients before and during implementation of a prior-authorization policya aDiscontinuation was defined as ≥30 days without any study drug therapy after the initial medication regimen. The prepolicy observation period was July 2002 through February 2003; the policy observation period was July 2003 through February 2004.
