Table 3.

ABC Analysis, VEN Analysis and ABC–VEN Categorization of the Different Medicine Types in the Study Area Respectively

Category	Number of Items	Annual Value	% of Item	% Value	Category	No.	%	ADE	%	Matrix Classification	No. of Items	%	Total Value	%
A	66	13,976,851.33	12.1	80.1	V	77	16.9	2,130,208.25	35.1	I	121	26.6	14,770,278	84.7
B	56	1,882,695.9	10.2	10.8	E	309	67.9	3,720,294.11	61.3	II	224	49.2	2,295,773.4	13.2
C	424	1,584,965.55	77.7	9.1	N	69	15.2	219,234.92	3.6	III	110	24.2	365,296.8	2.1

Abbreviations: ABC, always, better control; VEN, vital, essential, non-essential; ADE, annual drug expenditure; No., number.