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. 2017 Aug 24;17:566. doi: 10.1186/s12885-017-3553-5

Table 1.

Comparisons tested in this study. For all tests, the dependent variable was medication price

Category of Analysis Independent Variable Test Performed Number of Groups
Geographic Buyers Kruskal Wallis H 19
Geographic Region* Mann-Whitney U 2
Geographic GDP (nominal) Linear Regression N/A
Geographic All-Cancer Incidence (per 100,000) Linear Regression N/A
Medication Essential Cancer Medications Kruskal Wallis H 43
Medication Essential Medication Categories Kruskal Wallis H 3
Medication Medication Formulations Mann-Whitney U 2
Medication Pre/Post Generic Approval Date§ Mann-Whitney U 2
Longitudinal Year Kruskal Wallis H 5

*Obtained from the United Nations [20]

Obtained from the International Monetary Fund [21]

Obtained from the International Agency for Research on Cancer [22]

§Obtained from DrugBank [26]