Table 1.
Mean availability (%) of medicines1 in the public sector (n = 22 facilities)
|
City |
N |
Lowest-priced generic |
Lowest-priced similars |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean %2 | SD %3 | Mean% | SD% | ||
| Porto Alegre |
30 |
23.3 |
41.9 |
55.8 |
41.9 |
| Santa Cruz do Sul |
38 |
14.5 |
31.6 |
59.9 |
39.7 |
| Caxias do Sul |
35 |
17.1 |
32.5 |
62,9 |
39.5 |
| São Leopoldo |
33 |
13.6 |
31.3 |
69.7 |
43.2 |
| Pelotas |
32 |
8.9 |
21.0 |
61.7 |
39.6 |
| Bagé | 26 | 11.5 | 27.6 | 70.2 | 38.1 |
1Only medicines included in the list of essential medicines within each city were included in this analysis.
2Mean avalability %3Standard deviation %.
Sample of six cities from the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, 2008-9.