Table 2.

Effect of Medication Possession Ratio (MPR) on Mail Order Modeling Results

	Example 1. MPR Equal to 1			Example 2. MPR Equal to 1.25			Example 3. MPR Equal to .75
	CP	MO	Diff.	CP	MO	Diff.	CP	MO	Diff.
Total day supply	600	630	30	750	788	38	450	450	0
MPR	1.00	1.00	0.00	1.25	1.25	0.00	0.75	0.75	0.00
Days	600	630	30	600	630	30	600	600	0
Refills	20	7	-13	20	7	-13	15	5	-10
30-day-equivalent refills	20	21	1	20	21	1	15	15	0
Average day supply per refill	30	90	60	38	113	75	30	90	60

CP = Community Pharmacy; MO = Mail order pharmacy; Diff. = Difference

Note: Numbers are rounded to the next integer.