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Table 4 Changes in Utilization and Cost Attributable to Mail Order. Baseline Model (n = 680,277)

From: Drug utilization and cost in a Medicaid population: A simulation study of community vs. mail order pharmacy

 

Mean

Std Dev

Confidence Interval of the Mean Difference (95%)

   

Lower

Upper

Day supply in community pharmacy

640.0

515.0

  

Estimated day supply in mail order pharmacy

675.0

518.0

  

Difference

35.3

 

35.2

35.3

% Difference

5.52%

   

Drug product cost in community pharmacy

$1,395.63

$5,982.19

  

Estimated drug product cost in mail order pharmacy

$1,471.62

$6,349.17

  

Mail order cost reduction required to become cost neutral

$75.99

 

$75.97

$77.00

% Difference

5.44%

   
  1. Note: Utilization and costs after the first fill.