Identification and Prevention of Antiepileptic Drug Noncompliance: The Collaborative Use of State-Supplied Pharmaceutical Data

Table 3

Independent variables used in the model.

Independent variable	Description
1–14 days refill history	Patient showed at least one refill history delay of 1–14 days
15–30 days refill history	Patient showed at least one refill history delay of 15–30 days
31–60 days refill history	Patient showed at least one refill history delay of 31–60 days
61+ days refill history	Patient showed at least one refill history delay of 61+ days
Medicaid/S-CHIP	Patients insurance was Medicaid or SCHIP
Age	Number of years of life
Gender	Sex of child
Number of pills (per day)	Number of AED pills to be taken in a 24-hour period
Type of seizure	Based on ICD-9 code
Type of AED	All AED included in model
Race	As reported to health plan
Member months	Number of months of enrollment in HMO plan