Table 4.

Statin and/or ezetimibe prescriptions

	Commercial (N = 39,322)	Medicare Advantage (N = 261,898)
Patients with ≥ 1 statin and/or ezetimibe prescription,  %	58.2	67.6
Prescriber: cardiologist
Patients with ≥ 1 prescription,  %	27.3	22.5
Number of prescriptions, mean (SD)	0.6 (1.5)	0.3 (0.8)
Prescriber: primary care physician
Patients with ≥ 1 prescription,  %	51.5	57.1
Number of prescriptions, mean (SD)	1.2 (2.1)	1.2 (1.8)
Prescriber: other physician
Patients with ≥ 1 prescription, %	39.8	47.0
Number of prescriptions, mean (SD)	0.8 (1.4)	1.0 (1.7)
Prescriber: unknown physician type
Patients with ≥ 1 prescription, %	38.5	32.9
Number of prescriptions, mean (SD)	0.9 (1.6)	0.8 (1.6)

SD standard deviation