Table 3.

Average availability and time out of stock for vital medicines in 2012/13

	HC II (n = 22)	HC III (n = 22)	HC IV (n = 13)	General hospital (n = 8)	Regional referral hospital (n = 13)
Number of medicines in basket used for measuring availability	6	10	14	14	14
Average % of basket of vital EMHS that were available on day of the visit, independent of the amount available	63 %	77 %	67 %	88 %	87 %
Average % time out of stock for all the items in basket of vital EMHS for the specific level of care, measured as % of stock out days/ year (365 days)	21 %	17 %	28 %	8 %	15 %