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Schematic depiction of the calculation of pharmacy refill adherence for a patient with a 30-day supply of medication per prescription. The number of days of prescribed doses were summed for the 3 intervals; this sum constituted the numerator of the refill-defined adherence variable. The number of days between the first and fourth refills were calculated; this constituted the denominator of the refill-defined adherence variable.
