Table 3.
Mean availability (%) of medicines and prices in the private sector (n = 30 pharmacies)
|
City |
Originator brand |
Lowest-priced generic |
Lowest-priced similar |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n1 | MPR2(min—max) | Availability (SD)3 | n | MPR (min—max) | Availability (SD) | n | MPR (min—max) | Availability (SD) | |
| Porto Alegre |
23 |
17.06 (2.70–94.58) |
57.6% (37.6%) |
21 |
9.97 (0.93–34.36) |
63.3% (28.6%) |
18 |
15.61 (3.17–37.87) |
54.4% (33.1%) |
| Santa Cruz do Sul |
18 |
25.99 (2.60–87.57) |
57.6% (30.1%) |
11 |
9.88 (0.85–37.76) |
68.8% (22.8%) |
23 |
18.34 (1.88–32.49) |
39.2% (32.8%) |
| Caxias do Sul |
17 |
30.63 (2.70–94.68) |
58.0% (23.3%) |
25 |
11.33 (0.93–48.92) |
71.2% (25.6%) |
14 |
12.40 (1.86–37.48) |
47.2% (30.4%) |
| São Leopoldo |
15 |
29.40 (4.90–66.45) |
48.4% (28.3%) |
17 |
8.42 (0.85–33.93) |
65.6% (26.3%) |
17 |
8.18 (2.75–38.82) |
52.0% (31.6%) |
| Pelotas |
35 |
19.08 (2.70–107.47) |
75.6% (26.9%) |
34 |
9.76 (0.87–48.95) |
85.6% (25.3%) |
10 |
9.36 (2.94–22.37) |
41.2% (27.5%) |
| Bagé |
46 |
16.73 (1.32–162.53) |
91.0% (15.7%) |
39 |
9.55 (0.36–49.82) |
88.4% (20.6%) |
20 |
8.81 (1.26–36.45) |
54.8% (33.3%) |
| All | 49 | 18.66 (1.36–168.41) | 64.8% (22.8%) | 42 | 11.32 (0.84–54.94) | 73.8% (18.8%) | 45 | 8.60 (1.11–38.84) | 48.1% (26.8%) |
1 N = Total number of medicines included in the analysis. To calculate the MPR, we only included medicines which were available on at least four facilities.
2MPR median price ratios (= median prices / IRP) → IRP international reference prices (MSH, 2007).
3 Mean avalability % (standard deviation).
Sample of six cities from the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, 2008-9.