Table 1:
Physician level characteristics stratified by aripiprazoleBN prescriptions filled in 2015 and community characteristics
| Variable | Value | Did not prescribe aripiprazoleBN (n=67,005) | Prescribed aripiprazoleBN (n=21,434) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Level | ||||
| Sex | Female | 42879 (64.0%) | 13883 (64.8%) | <0.001 |
| Male | 17779 (26.5%) | 5061 (23.6%) | ||
| NA | 6347 (9.5%) | 2490 (11.6%) | ||
| Med School Graduation year >2005 | 11897 (17.8%) | 3686 (17.2%) | 0.062 | |
| Region | Midwest | 16408 (24.4%) | 5904 (27.3%) | <0.001 |
| Northeast | 13962 (20.7%) | 4915 (22.7%) | ||
| South | 23743 (35.2%) | 7596 (35.1%) | ||
| West | 13250 (19.7%) | 3233 (14.9%) | ||
| Rural | 10004 (14.9%) | 3869 (18.1%) | <0.001 | |
| Specialty Description | Internal | 23905 (35.7%) | 4997 (23.3%) | <0.001 |
| Family | 29055 (43.4%) | 6369 (29.7%) | ||
| Neurology | 4720 (7.0%) | 224 (1.0%) | ||
| Psychiatry | 3827 (5.7%) | 8165 (38.1%) | ||
| Other | 5498 (8.2%) | 1679 (7.8%) | ||
| Income, $1,000 (practice zip-code) | median (IQR) | 51.55 (40.51, 69.59) | 49.93 (39.23, 67.77) | <0.001 |
| Total SGA Prescribing Costs | mean (SD) | 2613.22 (7450.63) | 92991.46 (1.6e+05) | <0.001 |
| Total SGA scripts | mean (SD) | 543.67 (464.92) | 880.80 (795.93) | <0.001 |
| Received Payment for aripiprazoleBN | 1046 (1.6%) | 2955 (13.8%) | <0.001 | |
| Received Payment for quetiapineBN | 1012 (1.5%) | 2184 (10.2%) | <0.001 | |
| Number of Payment (>0) for aripiprazoleBN | mean (SD) | 2.68 (6.35) | 5.32 (8.73) | |
| Number of Payment (>0) for quetiapineBN | mean (SD) | 2.31 (7.30) | 4.10 (6.93) | |
| Unweighted Degree, mean (SD) | mean (SD) | 84.96 (99.58) | 89.52 (115.24) | <0.001 |
| Neighbor was paid for aripiprazoleBN | 11821 (17.6%) | 7623 (35.6%) | <0.001 | |
| Mean number of payments | 0.32 (0.96) | 0.86 (1.85) | ||
| Neighbor was paid for quetiapineBN | 10257 (15.3%) | 6302 (29.4%) | <0.001 | |
| Community Level | ||||
| Number of networks | 1,776 | |||
| Community size: full, median (IQR) | 296 (90–640) | |||
| Community size: SGA prescriber cohort, median (IQR) | 33 (12–72) | |||
| Received any aripiprazoleBN payments ** | 1100 (61.94%) | |||
| Received any quetiapineBN payments | 933 (52.53%) | |||
| Mean $ amount paid aripiprazoleBN, mean (SD) | 4.72 (33.02) | |||
| Mean $ amount paid quetiapineBN, mean (SD) | 1.80 (21.99) | |||
| Mean $ amount paid other drugs, mean (SD) | 2,830 (5,653) | |||
| Mean # payments aripiprazoleBN, mean (SD) | 0.05 (0.22) | |||
| Mean # payments quetiapineBN, mean (SD) | 0.03 (0.13) | |||
| Mean # payments Other, mean (SD) | 19.66 (13.77) | |||
| Median graduation year of physicians, mean (SD) | 1995 (1994–1997) | |||
| Proportion of male physicians, mean (SD) | 0.59 (0.11) | |||
| Proportion internal medicine, mean (SD) | 0.09 (0.07) | |||
| Proportion psychiatry, mean (SD) | 0.03 (0.10) | |||
| Proportion cardiology, mean (SD) | 0.02 (0.02) | |||
| Proportion family medicine, mean (SD) | 0.11 (0.10) | |||
| Mean prescription cost for aripiprazoleBN, mean (SD) | 91.56 (210.86) | |||
| Mean prescription cost for any SGA, mean (SD) | 233.26 (610.02) | |||
| Mean prescription cost for quetiapineBN, mean (SD) | 26.76 (67.15) | |||
| Mean prescription cost for other drugs, mean (SD) | 3,922.48 (2,191.15) | |||