TABLE 5.
Subgroup difference-in-differences analyses (generalized linear regression) on unit price of procured cardiovascular medicines.
Subgroup | N | Intervention effect | Goodness-of-fit tests | |||||
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Coefficient | SE | Z | p>|z| | 95%CI | AIC | BIC | ||
Suppliers | ||||||||
Domestic suppliers outside of top 100 | 7,278 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.91 | 0.363 | −0.25 to 0.67 | 10.83 | −32,420.92 |
Top 100 domestic suppliers | 1,157 | −1.76 | 0.52 | −3.42 | 0.001 | −2.78 to -0.75 | 8.39 | −5,462.00 |
Suppliers with joint venture | 3,561 | −0.51 | 0.60 | −0.85 | 0.393 | −1.69 to 0.66 | 10.99 | −10,200.43 |
Foreign-owned suppliers | 3,925 | −0.08 | 0.06 | −1.25 | 0.210 | −0.20 to 0.04 | 6.84 | −31,932.43 |
Medicines | ||||||||
Original brand | 5,488 | −0.36 | 0.13 | -2.63 | 0.008 | −0.62 to -0.09 | 6.59 | -45,988.30 |
Generic | 10,433 | −0.28 | 0.18 | −1.51 | 0.130 | −0.64 to 0.08 | 11.32 | -45,641.75 |
Administration route | ||||||||
Injectable | 4,366 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.87 | 0.382 | −0.21 to 0.54 | 14.29 | −23,176.32 |
Oral | 11,555 | −0.08 | 0.06 | −1.40 | 0.162 | −0.19 to 0.03 | 4.63 | −100,023.10 |
Note: Bold values indicate regression coefficients with statistical significance (p < 0.05). AIC - Akaike information criterion; BIC - Bayesian information criterion; CI - confidence interval; SE - product clustered standard error.