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Table 2 Summary of the variation in pharmacy expenditure within morbidity bands.

From: Does the pharmacy expenditure of patients always correspond with their morbidity burden? Exploring new approaches in the interpretation of pharmacy expenditure

Morbidity bands

N° of patients

Mean (€)

Std. Dev. (€)

VC

Min-Max (€)

Median (€)

Q1-Q3(€)

Low

16,818

75.1

238.61

3.2

0.0-9,110.8

15.4

3.5-45.7

Moderate

43,453

383.7

779.14

2.0

0.0-35,993.1

109.0

25.3-469.8

High

15,302

877.2

1,132.76

1.3

0.0-35,113.4

549.1

135.5-1,230.0

  1. VC: variation coefficient
  2. Q1: first quartile
  3. Q3: third quartile
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