Figure 1. Association of Parity Laws with Monthly Out-of-Pocket Spending for Orally-Administered Anticancer Medications.
Source: Authors analysis of Health Care Cost Institute Claims, 2008–2012. N=85,107 observations
Quantile regression analyses in propensity-weighted cohorts to predict changes in the distribution of patient out-of-pocket spending on a single fill of orally-administered anticancer therapy. Per fill medication costs were adjusted to reflect a standardized dose of therapy and inflation adjusted to 2012 dollars using the medical component of the consumer price index. Models were estimated using PROC QUANTREG in SAS 9.4. Values in parentheses represent baseline per-fill spending for each percentile.