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Table 2 Results from the fixed effect regression model estimating how the electronic system and other factors affected the number prescriptions (per capita per month in municipalities, N = 21 419)

From: The effects of introducing an electronic prescription system with no copayments

 

Threshold: 1

Threshold: 50

Threshold: 100

E-prescription (Dummy)

0,0060

***

0,0049

***

0,0046

***

February

−0,0065

***

−0,0064

***

−0,0064

***

March

0,0028

***

0,0020

***

0,0030

***

April

−0,0035

**

−0,0039

***

−0,0040

***

May

0,0013

**

0,0010

*

0,0008

 

June

0,0039

***

0,0026

***

0,0036

***

July

−0,0089

***

−0,0090

***

−0,0090

***

August

−0,0022

***

−0,0023

***

−0,0023

***

September

−0,0030

***

−0,0030

***

−0,0030

***

October

−0,0009

*

−0,0010

*

−0,0009

*

November

0,0018

**

0,0018

**

0,0018

***

December

0,0003

 

0,0005

 

0,0005

 

Constant term

0,0751

***

0,0758

***

0,0760

***

  1. *** Statistically significant at the 1 % level (**; 5 %, *; 10 %). The different thresholds represent how many times e-prescriptions have to be used in a month before the system is considered implemented in the municipality. Robust estimation of standard errors was used since the Modified Wald test indicated presence of groupwise heteroscadasticity