Table 2. Availability of anti-diabetic medicines in public hospitals and private pharmacies in Shaanxi Province, China in 2015 (%).
Tertiary hospital | Secondary hospital | Primary hospital | Hospitals with mark-up | Hospitals without mark-up | All public hospitals | All private pharmacies | ||||||||
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OBs | Gs | OBs | Gs | OBs | Gs | OBs | Gs | OBs | Gs | OBs | Gs | OBs | Gs | |
Acarbose | 100.0 | 58.3 | 83.3 | 29.2 | 47.2 | 19.4 | 9.1 | 36.4 | 4.9 | 23.1 | 68.1 | 29.2 | 91.7 | 50.0 |
Glibenclamide | / | 8.3 | / | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | / | 9.1 | / | 2.6 | / | 5.6 | / | 20.8 |
Gliclazide | 83.3 | 25.0 | 58.3 | 45.8 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 66.7 | 36.4 | 23.1 | 25.6 | 45.8 | 30.6 | 83.3 | 75.0 |
Glimepiride | 50.0 | 58.3 | 25.0 | 29.2 | 5.6 | 22.2 | 36.4 | 42.4 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 29.2 | 80.6 |
Glipizide | 16.7 | 50.0 | 4.2 | 50.0 | 2.8 | 44.4 | 9.1 | 48.5 | 2.6 | 46.2 | 5.6 | 47.2 | 5.6 | 80.6 |
Metformin | 44.4 | 91.7 | 58.3 | 100.0 | 25.0 | 91.7 | 69.7 | 97.0 | 20.5 | 92.3 | 44.4 | 94.4 | 81.9 | 97.2 |
Pioglitazone | 16.7 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 29.2 | 0 | 31.9 |
Repaglinide | 100.0 | 25.0 | 66.7 | 4.2 | 30.6 | 0 | 81.8 | 12.1 | 30.8 | 0 | 54.2 | 54.2 | 16.7 | 79.2 |
Mean | 58.7 | 43.7 | 42.3 | 32.3 | 19.5 | 25.7 | 39.8 | 37.9 | 12.4 | 24.0 | 34.3 | 28.7 | 44.1 | 64.4 |
/: No data for this medicine, because the original brand of glibenclamide were not used in Shaanxi Province. OBs: originator brands. Gs: generics.