. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Sep;34(9):1578–1585. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0351

EXHIBIT 4.

Components Of Total Cost Savings Compared To 30-Day Prescription Length

	Prescription length (days)
	60		90
Type of cost	Cost savings	Percentage	Cost savings	Percentage
Transportation	$ 18.27	12.0	$ 25.25	12.0
Patient direct time	113.24	74.3	156.45	74.4
Health system	20.90	13.7	28.59	13.6
Labor (pharmacist)	22.43	– ^a	31.01	– ^a
Medication	−2.90	– ^a	−4.27	– ^a
CVD event	1.37	– ^a	1.85	– ^a
Total	152.41	100.0	210.29	100.0

source Authors’ analysis. notes All costs were adjusted to 2012 US dollars. Cost of medication includes wastage cost. A negative cost saved means that the cost of a longer prescription was more than the cost of a thirty-day prescription. CVD is cardiovascular disease.

Not applicable.