Table 3. Mean Percentage Point Change in the Proportion of Transactions With a Coupon Among Drugs With Any Coupon Usea.
Variable | Change in percentage point of transactions with a coupon (95% CI) | P value |
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Patient-cost characteristics | ||
Mean total cost per patient per drug (per 10% increase) | 0.27 (0.09 to 0.44) | .003 |
Mean patient copay before offset (per 10% increase) | −0.10 (−0.33 to 0.14) | .42 |
Drug characteristics: later-in-class-entrant drugs | 4.16 (1.20 to 7.13) | .006 |
Drug-class characteristics | ||
Mean prevalence of coupon use among in-class competitors (per 5-percentage-point increase) | 3.23 (2.38 to 4.08) | <.001 |
Drug classes without generic competition | 3.06 (−1.05 to 7.19) | .15 |
In-class mean total cost per patient per drug (per 10% increase) | 0.23 (0.11 to 0.35) | <.001 |
In-class mean patient copay before offset (per 10% increase) | −0.65 (−0.27 to 0.14) | .54 |
Analysis of data for October 2017 through September 2019 from IQVIA Formulary Impact Analyzer.