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Table 2 Comparison of distributional characteristics of competing medication acquisition measures

From: Comparison of pharmacy-based measures of medication adherence

 

CMA1

CMA2

CMA3

CMA4

CMA5

CMA6

CMA7

CMA8

N

4661

5716

4661

5716

4661

5716

6903

6903

Mean

0.61

0.63

0.55

0.52

0.54

0.50

0.36

0.35

Std Dev

0.94

1.52

0.29

0.31

0.29

0.30

0.30

0.30

Percentiles

        

min

0.02

0.01

0.02

0.01

0.02

0.01

0.00

0.00

1st

0.07

0.05

0.07

0.05

0.07

0.05

0.00

0.00

5th

0.12

0.09

0.12

0.09

0.12

0.09

0.00

0.00

25th

0.29

0.25

0.29

0.25

0.29

0.24

0.10

0.09

50th

0.51

0.48

0.51

0.48

0.51

0.45

0.29

0.27

75th

0.80

0.80

0.80

0.80

0.79

0.74

0.58

0.57

95th

1.24

1.33

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

0.95

0.95

99th

1.94

2.54

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

max

50.00

100.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

  1. Medication acquisition reported as a fractional measure, e.g., 0.61 = 61 %. Percentiles illustrate the medication acquisition distribution in each measure’s population, e.g., the median for CMA1 = 0.51.