Impact of medication therapy management (MTM) service model on multi-morbidity (MMD) patients with hypertension: a pilot RCT

Table 4 Average daily medication therapy cost between two groups (RMB1)

Group	At the initial phase of admission	In the first month after discharge	In the third month after discharge	In the sixth month after discharge	In the twelfth month after discharge
Intervention group (n = 51)	50.58 ± 26.86	45.50 ± 23.56^a	42.83 ± 22.89^a	39.17 ± 21.51^a	35.43 ± 17.83^ab
Control group (n = 50)	48.90 ± 30.84	46.07 ± 30.46	46.50 ± 30.58	45.75 ± 30.51	46.03 ± 33.13^b
^bP value	0.771	0.916	0.497	0.214	0.049

Average daily medication therapy cost was compared with that of the group at the initial phase of admission, ^aP < 0.05; average daily medication therapy cost was compared between the two groups, ^bP < 0.05

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