Table 1.
Characteristics of matched electronic prior authorization and control prescriptions
| Temporal (prepost) cohort |
Concurrent cohort |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic prior authorization (n = 38 851) | Control (n = 38 851) | Electronic prior authorization (n = 2025) | Control (n = 2025) | |
| Patient sex, Female n (%) | 22 595 (58.2) | 22 523 (58.0) | 1085 (53.6) | 1147 (56.6) |
| Patient age, mean (SD) | 58.3 (17.2) | 57.5 (17.7) | 58.6 (17.7) | 57.8 (17.7) |
| Patient race, n (%) | ||||
| White | 24 556 (63.2) | 24 734 (63.7) | 1199 (59.2) | 1492 (73.7) |
| Black | 1481 (3.8) | 1513 (3.9) | 67 (3.3) | 70 (3.5) |
| Asian | 4760 (12.3) | 4551 (11.7) | 334 (16.5) | 96 (4.7) |
| Other | 8054 (20.7) | 8053 (20.7) | 425 (21.0) | 367 (18.1) |
| Patient ethnicity, n (%) | ||||
| Hispanic | 4198 (10.8) | 4126 (10.6) | 154 (7.6) | 220 (10.9) |
| Patient insurancea, n (%) | ||||
| Commercial | 33 974 (87.5) | 33 974 (87.5) | 1792 (88.5) | 1792 (88.5) |
| Medicaid | 3206 (8.3) | 3206 (8.3) | 86 (4.3) | 86 (4.3) |
| Medicare | 14 618 (37.6) | 14 618 (37.6) | 805 (39.8) | 805 (39.8) |
| Provider specialty, n (%) | ||||
| Family or internal medicine | 22 954 (59.1) | 21 997 (56.6) | 1011 (49.9) | 1239 (61.2) |
| Cardiology | 699 (1.8) | 819 (2.1) | 37 (1.8) | 42 (2.1) |
| Dermatology | 1823 (4.7) | 1813 (4.7) | 91 (4.5) | 72 (3.6) |
| Endocrinology | 1584 (4.1) | 1628 (4.2) | 100 (4.9) | 77 (3.8) |
| Gastroenterology | 890 (2.3) | 817 (2.1) | 71 (3.5) | 40 (2.0) |
| Neurology | 1107 (2.9) | 1187 (3.1) | 58 (2.9) | 60 (3.0) |
| Rheumatology | 1255 (3.2) | 1221 (3.1) | 93 (4.6) | 54 (2.7) |
| Other | 8529 (22.0) | 9369 (24.1) | 564 (27.9) | 441 (21.8) |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation.
a
Some patients have multiple insurances.