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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| P30AG034532 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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| National Institute on Aging (NIA) | NIH |
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The goal of this project is to understand the effects of receiving peer information on individuals' conversion rates from brand name prescription medication to generic prescription medication.
At companies where employees are predominantly union members, we will compare the efficacy of a peer information intervention using a testimonial from a union identified employee to an intervention using a testimonial with no union identification, as well as to a no-testimonial intervention.
The control arm will receive a letter signed by our partner company's Chief Medical Officer, explaining the health and monetary benefits of switching from brand name prescription medication to generic prescription medication. The testimonial treatment arm will receive the exact same letter, but the letter will feature an employee's testimonial along with the first name, last initial, city and state of the employee giving the testimonial. The testimonial and union arm will receive the same letter as the testimonial treatment arm but with the addition of the union affiliation of the employee giving the testimonial.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Testimonial and Union Arm | Experimental | The testimonial and union arm will receive the same letter as the testimonial treatment arm but with the addition of the union affiliation of the employee giving the testimonial. |
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| Control | Experimental | The control arm will receive a letter signed by our partner company's Chief Medical Officer, explaining the health and monetary benefits of switching from brand name prescription medication to generic prescription medication. |
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| Testimonial Treatment Arm | Experimental | The testimonial treatment arm will receive the exact same letter as the control arm, but the letter will feature an employee's testimonial along with the first name, last initial, city and state of the employee giving the testimonial. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Social Proximity and Conversion to Generic Medications | Other | At companies where employees are predominantly union members, we will compare the efficacy of a peer information intervention using a testimonial from a union identified employee to an intervention using a testimonial with no union identification, as well as to a no-testimonial intervention. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Conversion from Brand Name to Generic Prescription Medication | We will measure conversion rates of employees from brand name to generic prescription medication by treatment arm. | One month to one year after the intervention. |
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| Union Status and Conversation to Generic Medication | We will see how union affiliation affects the employee conversion rates from brand name to prescription medication by treatment arm. | One month to one year after the intervention. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| David Laibson, Ph.D | National Bureau of Economic Research | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Express Scripts | St Louis | Missouri | 63121 | United States |
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