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. 2014 Feb 12;9(2):e87576. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087576

Table 3. Median availability of surveyed medicines.

Sector Product types Median (IQR) availability ofessential medicines Median (IQR) availability ofnon-essential medicines p-value
All sectors Originator Brand 0.0% (0.0%–18.4%) 0.0% (0.0%–21.1%) 0.579
Generic 53.3% (15.0%–83.3%) 19.2% (0.0%–64.8%) 0.000
Any type 61.5% (20.6%–86.7%) 27.3% (3.6%–70.0%) 0.000
Public sector Originator Brand 0.0%(0.0%–0.0%) 0.0% (0.0%–2.0%) 0.050
Generic 35.0% (9.1%–73.8%) 5.0% (0.0%–25.0%) 0.000
Any type 40.0% (10.0%–75.8%) 6.6% (0.0%–30.0%) 0.000
Private sector Originator Brand 20.0% (0.0%–55.0%) 19.5% (0.0%–50.0%) 0.916
Generic 66.7% (30.8%–86.7%) 47.4% (6.7%–81.4%) 0.000
Any type 78.1% (48.2%–91.6%) 57.1% (27.3%–87.5%) 0.000
Other sectors Originator Brand 0.0% (0.0%–6.7%) 0.0% (0.0%–6.7%) 0.787
Generic 50.0% (13.2%–82.6%) 20.0% (22.7%–53.1%) 0.000
Any type 53.3% (15.0%–84.1%) 22.2% (4.4%–56.0%) 0.000

IQR = interquartile range.