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. 2019 Jun 5;36(8):2021–2033. doi: 10.1007/s12325-019-01000-w

Table 2.

Multivariate analysis of the odds of abandonment

Characteristic Odds ratio 95% CI P value
HCProa 0.57 [0.40, 0.83] 0.004
Age (years) 1.01 [1.01, 1.02] < 0.001
Male 1.00 [0.91, 1.09] 0.953
Household income
 $0–$29,999 Ref
 $30,000–$49,999 0.95 [0.79, 1.15] 0.597
 $50,000–$74,999 0.92 [0.77, 1.10] 0.320
 $75,000–$74,999 0.93 [0.78, 1.11] 0.431
 > $100,000 0.97 [0.82, 1.14] 0.671
 Unknown 1.02 [0.87, 1.20] 0.810
Expected patient copay
 $0–$25 Ref
 $26–$100 2.13 [1.92, 2.36] < 0.001
 $101–$500 2.80 [2.45, 3.19] < 0.001
 $501–$1000 5.98 [5.01, 7.14] < 0.001
 $1001–$2000 6.33 [5.04, 7.96] < 0.001
 > $2000 10.72 [9.16, 12.54] < 0.001
Calendar year
 2012 Ref
 2013 1.08 [0.99, 1.19] 0.082
 2014 0.58 [0.52, 0.65] < 0.001
 2015 0.23 [0.13, 0.41] < 0.001
Primary plan
 Commercial Ref
 Employer group 0.75 [0.57, 0.98] 0.036
 Third party administrator 0.43 [0.19, 0.98] 0.044
 Pharmacy benefit manager 0.68 [0.53, 0.87] 0.002
 Cash 1.19 [0.90, 1.59] 0.232
 Processors 0.96 [0.67, 1.36] 0.798
 Worker’s compensation 0.00 [0.00, 99.9] 0.951
 Unspecified or missing 1.29 [1.02, 1.63] 0.037
PSP enrollment 0.23 [0.20, 0.25] < 0.001
Initial claim at a specialty pharmacy 1.13 [1.04, 1.23] 0.004
Charlson Comorbidity Index 0.98 [0.93, 1.04] 0.568
Indication
 Rheumatoid arthritis 1.27 [1.12, 1.44] < 0.001
 Crohn disease 0.59 [0.50, 0.70] < 0.001
 Ulcerative colitis 0.90 [0.74, 1.08] 0.248
 Psoriasis 1.02 [0.90, 1.15] 0.799
 Psoriatic arthritis 0.95 [0.84, 1.06] 0.328
 Ankylosing spondylitis 0.96 [0.79, 1.16] 0.654

Estimates were produced using a logistic regression with abandonment of the earliest adalimumab claim as the dependent variable

ADA adalimumab, CI confidence interval, HCPro HUMIRA Complete Pro, PSP patient support program, Ref reference

aNon-HCPro cohort was the reference