Table 4. The median price (RMB) of anti-diabetic medicines.
| Medicines | Public hospitals | Private pharmacies | Comparison between public and private* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OBs | LPGs | OBs/LPGs | OBs | LPGs | OBs/LPGs | P for OB | P for LPGs | ||
| Acarbose | 50 mg tab | 2.47 | 1.71 | 1.44 | 1.77 | 1.40 | 1.26 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Glibenclamide | 2.5 mg tab | / | 0.02 | / | 0.02 | ||||
| Gliclazide | 80 mg tab | 1.24 | 0.27 | 4.59 | 1.05 | 0.31 | 3.39 | 0.000 | 0.435 |
| Gliclazide | 30 mg SR tab | 1.89 | 0.53 | 3.57 | 1.60 | 0.65 | 2.46 | 0.042 | 0.612 |
| Glimepiride | 2 mg tab | 5.19 | 1.22 | 4.25 | 3.87 | 1.23 | 3.15 | 0.000 | 0.714 |
| Glipizide | 5 mg CR tab | 2.78 | 0.43 | 6.47 | 2.64 | 0.45 | 5.87 | 0.064 | |
| Metformin | 500 mg tab | 1.45 | 0.95 | 1.53 | 1.25 | 0.19 | 6.58 | 0.000 | 0.056 |
| Pioglitazone | 15 mg tab | / | / | / | 5.05 | ||||
| Repaglinide | 1 mg tab | 2.47 | 1.35 | 1.83 | 1.93 | 1.29 | 1.50 | 0.000 | 0.651 |
| Repaglinide | 2 mg tab | 2.80 | / | 2.27 | 2.17 | 1.05 | 0.000 | ||
| Mean | 3.38 | 3.16 | |||||||
/: No value, because when the medicine was present in fewer than 3 outlets, the median price was not calculated.
*: t test or ANOVA for data with normal distribution; Mann-Whitney U tests for data with non-normal distribution