Table III.F.33 Average prescription drug coinsurance per employee enrolled in a health insurance plan that had a prescription drug coinsurance for generic, preferred, non-preferred, and specialty tiers by government type and size and census division: United States, 2019
Census division/ government type and size Generic Preferred Non-Preferred Specialty
United States 18.7    23.4    31.9    26.3   
Census division:
New England 11.2    19.1    35.4    31.0   
Middle Atlantic 25.1 * 27.1    39.7    26.6   
East North Central 18.4    19.2    24.9    23.7   
West North Central 20.9    25.9    39.1    25.8   
South Atlantic 18.2    22.3    25.0    23.7   
East South Central 21.7    25.5    28.6    24.4   
West South Central 20.3    24.0    36.3    25.3   
Mountain 19.3    23.8    35.0    26.7   
Pacific 13.6    24.9    41.3    36.2   
Government type and size:
State governments 17.4    26.1    33.5    29.8   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 21.0    24.5    35.3    27.1   
   250-999 employees 19.3    24.1    33.9    26.9   
   1,000-4,999 employees 18.8    22.5    28.5    23.8   
   5,000-9,999 employees 19.6    22.8    34.1    28.4   
   10,000 or more employees 18.0    20.7    29.7    22.4   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

 

Table III.F.33 Standard errors for average prescription drug coinsurance per employee enrolled in a health insurance plan that had a prescription drug coinsurance for generic, preferred, non-preferred, and specialty tiers by government type and size and census division: United States, 2019
Census division/ government type and size Generic Preferred Non-Preferred Specialty
United States 0.31    0.38    0.61    0.41   
Census division:
New England 0.50    0.57    1.83    0.90   
Middle Atlantic 8.06 * 4.30    6.16    5.88   
East North Central 0.99    0.78    1.30    1.25   
West North Central 0.71    0.74    1.95    0.81   
South Atlantic 0.43    0.92    0.80    0.54   
East South Central 0.96    1.77    2.32    1.63   
West South Central 0.61    0.95    2.84    1.22   
Mountain 0.87    0.65    1.34    0.96   
Pacific 0.48    0.62    1.02    1.26   
Government type and size:
State governments 0.56    0.79    0.70    0.60   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 1.05    1.11    1.58    1.12   
   250-999 employees 1.07    0.96    1.55    1.21   
   1,000-4,999 employees 0.66    0.95    1.80    0.99   
   5,000-9,999 employees 0.35    0.34    0.62    0.72   
   10,000 or more employees 0.38    0.33    0.72    0.55   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Standard errors of zero indicate that all governments in the category are in the survey.