Table 3. Median price ratios for medicines and days wages’ needed for a course of treatment in Cameroon and in the DR Congo.
The continent of origin of the medicines is given as stated on the label.
| Median Price Ratio (MPR) | Median Days wages needed for a course of treatment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | DR Congo | Cameroon | DR Congo | |||
| N | MPR | N | MPR | |||
| Amoxi/Clav | 12 | 3.20 | 6 | 4.57 | 4.34 | 10.05 |
| Amoxicillin | 23 | 3.03 | 30 | 1.61 | 0.87 | 1.00 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 21 | 4.88 | 29 | 1.70 | 1.00 | 0.84 |
| Doxycycline | 21 | 6.16 | 25 | 2.18 | 0.69 | 0.55 |
| Metronidazole | 24 | 5.37 | 29 | 3.11 | 0.62 | 0.78 |
| Penicillin V | 14 | 11.70 | 26 | 1.63 | 3.66 | 1.52 |
| Sulfa/Trimet | 22 | 3.50 | 30 | 1.77 | 0.54 | 0.56 |
| Atenolol | 0 | 6 | 10.66 | 2.68 | ||
| Furosemide | 16 | 13.42 | 23 | 3.89 | 1.12 | 0.67 |
| Glibenclamide | 18 | 13.57 | 0 | 2.11 | ||
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 18 | 13.00 | 6 | 52.58 | 0.62 | 6.40 |
| Metformin | 19 | 4.25 | 12 | 7.35 | 2.60 | 8.53 |
| Salbutamol | 15 | 19.90 | 16 | 8.89 | 1.30 | 1.21 |
| Antibiotics | 137 | 4.47 | 175 | 1.80 | 0.87 | 0.88 |
| Medicines against NCDs | 86 | 8.81 | 63 | 7.11 | 1.24 | 1.61 |
| Governmental health facilities | 35 | 2.98 | 29 | 1.47 | 0.49 | 0.85 |
| Church health facilities | 62 | 6.10 | 65 | 1.78 | 1.16 | 0.88 |
| Pharmacies | 60 | 9.74 | 88 | 2.70 | 1.90 | 1.19 |
| Informal vendors | 66 | 4.25 | 56 | 2.22 | 0.61 | 0.84 |
| Africa | 18 | 6.84 | 39 | 2.37 | 0.64 | 0.94 |
| Americas | 2 | 8.52 | 0 | 0.92 | ||
| Asia | 150 | 4.86 | 182 | 2.07 | 0.87 | 0.88 |
| Europe | 44 | 13.81 | 17 | 14.21 | 2.60 | 7.82 |
| not stated | 9 | 3.03 | 0 | 0.69 | ||
| generic | 110 | 5.17 | 99 | 1.80 | 0.83 | 0.84 |
| branded | 97 | 4.88 | 129 | 2.38 | 0.99 | 1.00 |
| originator | 16 | 16.92 | 10 | 37.79 | 2.17 | 6.71 |
| All | 223 | 5.69 | 238 | 2.17 | 0.99 | 0.94 |