Table 3:
Extensive margin effects by provider type
| Filled a prescription written by a: (×100) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physician (1) |
PCP (2) |
Surgeon (3) |
Pain MD (4) |
Dentist (5) |
NP or PA (6) |
|
| Limits | 0.088 (0.014) |
0.059 (0.010) |
−0.001 (0.003) |
−0.000 (0.000) |
−0.008 (0.006) |
−0.001 (0.012) |
| PDMP | −0.031 (0.020) |
−0.017 (0.014) |
0.001 (0.003) |
−0.000 (0.000) |
−0.010 (0.010) |
−0.002 (0.007) |
| α = β | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.560 | 0.191 | 0.873 | 0.941 |
| Mean DV | 0.747 | 0.261 | 0.168 | 0.002 | 0.172 | 0.082 |
Notes: PCP is primary care provider, NP nurse practitioner, PA physician’s assistant. Table reports estimates of the coefficients on indicators for “initial prescription limits” and “must access PDMPs”, obtained from estimating OLS regressions of the indicated variables against policy indicators, state fixed effects, and month-year fixed effects. MED is morphine equivalent days. The row labelled α = β reports p-values of the hypothesis that the coefficients on MustAccessPDMP and Limits are equal. Robust standard errors, clustered on state, in parentheses.