Table 4. Number of days' wages of the lowest paid government worker needed to purchase standard treatments.

					Day’s wages to pay for treatment
					public sector		private sector
Condition	Drug name	Strength	No. ofunits a day	Duration days	OBs	LPGs	OBs	LPGs
Asthma	salbutamol	0.1 mg/dose	200	as needed	1.3	0.2	1.2	0.2
	beclometas	0.05 mg/dose	200	as needed	1.9	–	1.8	–
Diabetes	metformin	500 mg	3	30	5.7	–	4.9	0.3
	gliclazide	80 mg	1	30	1.6	0.6	1.3	0.5
Hypertension	amlodipine	5 mg	1	30	7.0	1.7	6.3	1.3
	captopril	l 25 mg	2	30	–	0.1	–	0.1
	lisinopril	10 mg	2	30	–	–	–	5.0
	losartan	50 mg	1	30	8.6		7.5	6.6
	nifedipine retard	20 mg	2	30	–	1.5	10.0	1.4
Hypercholesterolaemia	simvastatin	20 mg	1	30	5.4	2.2	4.5	1.9
	atorvastatin	20 mg	1	30	12.5		11.0	–
Depression	amitriptyline	25 mg	3	30	–	0.6		0.7
	fluoxetine	20 mg	1	30	12.3		11.5	2.9
Adult	ciprofloxacin	500 mg	2	7	–		–	0.1
respiratory	amoxicillin	500 mg	3	7	–	0.7	–	0.4
Infection	ceftriaxone	1 g/vial	1	as needed	3.7	0.1	–	0.1
Paediatric respiratory Infecion	co-trimoxazole	(80+400)mg/ml	2	7	–	0.0	–	0.0
Arthritis	diclofenac	50 mg	2	30	–	2.3	–	2.1
Ulcer	omeprazole	20 mg	1	30	16.9	0.6	15.6	0.8
	ranitidine	150 mg	2	30	–	0.2	–	0.2
Epilepsy	carbamazepine	100 mg	2	30	–	0.1	–	0.1
Viral infection	aciclovir	200 mg	5	5	–	–	–	0.4

OBs: Originator brands; LPGs: Lowest-priced generics.