Fig. 5.

Affordability of chemotherapy medicines for paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, by geographical region, China, 2021

Notes: Early intensification therapy comprised cyclophosphamide, cytarabine and mercaptopurine for 2 weeks and induction therapy comprised vincristine, daunorubicin, asparaginase or pegaspargase, and prednisone or dexamethasone for 4 weeks. The cost of steroids was not included. The cost of a course of treatment is expressed in terms of the median daily disposable income per capita, assuming a copayment rate of 0.3. Chinese provinces were grouped into seven regions: (i) the central region comprised Henan, Hubei and Hunan; (ii) the south region comprised Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan; (iii) the north region comprised: Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Tianjin; (iv) the east region comprised Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Shanghai and Zhejiang; (v) the south-west region comprised Chongqing, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan; (vi) the north-west region comprised Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi and Xinjiang; and (vii) the north-east region comprised Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning.