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. 2015 Aug 28;21(32):9588–9597. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i32.9588

Table 2.

Medication possession ratio and good adherence rate among patients with different insurance types before and after reimbursement

Adherence (%)
Good adherence rate
n mean ± SD New patients Existing patients Percent New patients Existing patients
Before PMI 2825 83.4 ± 24.3a 82.3 ± 25.6d 84.5 ± 22.9d 70.6% 69.2 71.8
PPO 3373 83.6 ± 24.2b 83.6 ± 24.8 83.6 ± 23.7 70.2% 70.5 69.9
After PMI 4102 88.5 ± 19.7ac 87.1 ± 20.8e 90.2 ± 18.1e 79.2%g 77.0h 82.1h
PPO 3619 85.2 ± 23.0bc 84.0 ± 24.1f 86.1 ± 22.1f 73.1%g 71.7 74.2
a

P < 0.01 among PMI before reimbursement vs after reimbursement;

b

P < 0.01 among PPO before reimbursement vs after reimbursement;

c

P < 0.01 between PMI and PPO after reimbursement;

d

P < 0.05 between new and existing PMI before reimbursement;

e

P < 0.01 between new and existing PMI after reimbursement;

f

P < 0.01 between new and existing PPO after reimbursement;

g

P < 0.01 between PMI and PPO after reimbursement;

h

P < 0.01 between new and existing PMI after reimbursement. PMI: Patients with medical insurance; PPO: Patients paid out-of-pocket.