Table 2.
Procurement and patient prices of lowest-price generic psychotropic medicines in the public and private sector by income level, expressed as median price ratios
| Psychotropic medicine | Price | Sector | Income level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low MPR (N) | Lower middle MPR (N) | Upper middle MPR (N) | High MPR (N) | |||
| Amitriptyline 25 mg cap/tab | Procurement | public | 1.28 (7) | 1.78 (24) | 1.91 (13) | 2.07 (4) |
| Patient | public | 3.06 (5) | 3.18 (21) | 4.16 (13) | 1.81 (4) | |
| Private | 12.28 (9) | 16.60 (22) | 15.60 (16) | 24.45 (3) | ||
| Fluoxetine 20 mg cap/tab | Procurement | public | 2.02 (3) | 15.98 (11) | 6.18 (7) | 11.08 (6) |
| Patient | public | 3.59 (3) | 35.16 (12) | 28.01 (7) | 14.49 (7) | |
| Private | 26.32 (6) | 65.21 (19) | 72.54 (12) | 100.24 (6) | ||
| Diazepam 5 mg cap/tab | Procurement | public | 1.01 (8) | 3.49 (21) | 1.43 (7) | 8.60 (5) |
| Patient | public | 9.69 (7) | 4.10 (19) | 2.99 (7) | 0.00 (7) | |
| Private | 16.64 (10) | 20.82 (21) | 25.81 (6) | 23.98 (3) | ||
N, number of countries; MPR, median price ratio.