Provider and Patient Determinants of Generic Levothyroxine Prescribing: An Electronic Health Records-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the availability of generic levothyroxine products for more than a decade, uptake of these products is poor.

Objective

We sought to evaluate determinants of generic prescribing of levothyroxine.

Methods

In a cross-sectional analysis of electronic health records data between 2010 and 2013, we identified adult patients with a levothyroxine prescription from a primary-care physician (PCP) or endocrinologist. We used mixed-effect logistic regression models with random intercepts for prescribing provider to examine predictors of generic levothyroxine prescribing. Models include patient, prescription, and provider fixed-effect covariates. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs were generated. Between-provider random variation was quantified by the intraclass corre

SUBMITTER: Romanelli RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7265564 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature