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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 Mar;40(3):521–528. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01039

Exhibit 2:

Impact of the online advertisement campaign on total costs and out-of-pocket cost by service category

Emergency Department visit
Imaging services
Physical therapy
Estimate P-value Estimate P-value Estimate P-value
Differential change in total prices paid (percent change) 4.4% 0.07 0.3% 0.26 18.3% 0.16
Differential change in out-of-pocket costs (percent change) 3.1% 0.08 −1.6% 0.01 18.2% 0.17

Source: Author’s estimates from the HIRD database.

Note: Difference-in-difference coefficient estimates andp-values from the main analysis are presented for the primary and secondary outcomes across the 3 service categories of interest. The estimates represent the differential percentage change in the outcome in the post-intervention period (January 1, 2019 – June 30, 2019) relative to the pre-intervention in New Hampshire compared to control states. Coefficient estimates are multiplied by 100 to approximate percentage changes. Heterogeneity robust standard errors clustered at the state level were estimated.