STATEMENT RE COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE (1)
                                    HPR INC.


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For the year period June 30, 1997,
  Common stock outstanding, beginning of period................................................ 15,012,000
  Weighted average common stock issued during the period.......................................    180,000
  Assumed exercise of common share options.....................................................  1,230,000
  Purchase of common stock under the treasury stock method...................................    (319,000)
  Weighted average number of common shares and common equivalent shares outstanding............ 16,103,000

For the year period June 30, 1996,
  Common stock outstanding, beginning of period................................................  7,680,000
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  Weighted average common stock issued during the period.......................................  1,235,000
  Conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to Common Stock upon the
  Initial Public Offering (3)..................................................................  5,525,000
  Assumed exercise of common share options.....................................................  1,548,000
  Purchase of common stock under the treasury stock method.....................................  (148,000)
  Weighted average number of common shares and common equivalent shares outstanding............ 15,840,000

For the year period June 30, 1995,
  Common stock outstanding, beginning of period................................................  5,930,000
  Weighted average cheap stock outstanding during the period (2)...............................    436,000
  Weighted average common stock issued during the period ......................................    542,000
  Assumed conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  as a Common
    Stock Equivalent...........................................................................  5,525,000
  Assumed exercise of common share options ....................................................  1,779,000
  Purchase of common stock under the treasury stock method.....................................   (37,000)
  Weighted average number of common shares and common equivalent shares outstanding............ 14,175,000
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(1)  All share and earnings per share  amounts have been restated to reflect the
     stock split effected in the form of a 100% stock dividend granted on May 6,
     1996 to all  shareholders of record on April 26, 1996, a 2.5-for-1  capital
     stock split in 1995 and a 10-for-1 capital stock split in 1993.

(2)  In accordance with the Securities and Exchange  Commission Staff Accounting
     Bulletin No. 83, issuances of common stock and equivalents  within one year
     prior to the initial  filing  date of the  registration  statement  for the
     initial  public  offering,  at share prices less than the  mid-point of the
     estimated  initial  public  offering  price  for  which  this  registration
     statement  was  prepared,   are   considered   "cheap  stock"  as  defined.
     Accordingly,  these are shown as equity issued and  outstanding,  using the
     treasury  stock  method,  for all  periods  presented  prior to the initial
     public offering.

(3)  Series  A  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  was  considered  a  common  stock
     equivalent prior to the initial public offering.

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