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Table 3 Mean availability (%) of medicines and prices in the private sector (n = 30 pharmacies)

From: Is the Brazilian pharmaceutical policy ensuring population access to essential medicines?

City

Originator brand

Lowest-priced generic

Lowest-priced similar

 

n1

MPR2(min—max)

Availability (SD)3

n

MPR (min—max)

Availability (SD)

n

MPR (min—max)

Availability (SD)

Porto Alegre

23

17.06 (2.70–94.58)

57.6% (37.6%)

21

9.97 (0.93–34.36)

63.3% (28.6%)

18

15.61 (3.17–37.87)

54.4% (33.1%)

Santa Cruz do Sul

18

25.99 (2.60–87.57)

57.6% (30.1%)

11

9.88 (0.85–37.76)

68.8% (22.8%)

23

18.34 (1.88–32.49)

39.2% (32.8%)

Caxias do Sul

17

30.63 (2.70–94.68)

58.0% (23.3%)

25

11.33 (0.93–48.92)

71.2% (25.6%)

14

12.40 (1.86–37.48)

47.2% (30.4%)

São Leopoldo

15

29.40 (4.90–66.45)

48.4% (28.3%)

17

8.42 (0.85–33.93)

65.6% (26.3%)

17

8.18 (2.75–38.82)

52.0% (31.6%)

Pelotas

35

19.08 (2.70–107.47)

75.6% (26.9%)

34

9.76 (0.87–48.95)

85.6% (25.3%)

10

9.36 (2.94–22.37)

41.2% (27.5%)

Bagé

46

16.73 (1.32–162.53)

91.0% (15.7%)

39

9.55 (0.36–49.82)

88.4% (20.6%)

20

8.81 (1.26–36.45)

54.8% (33.3%)

All

49

18.66 (1.36–168.41)

64.8% (22.8%)

42

11.32 (0.84–54.94)

73.8% (18.8%)

45

8.60 (1.11–38.84)

48.1% (26.8%)

  1. 1 N = Total number of medicines included in the analysis. To calculate the MPR, we only included medicines which were available on at least four facilities.
  2. 2MPR median price ratios (= median prices / IRP) → IRP international reference prices (MSH, 2007).
  3. 3 Mean avalability % (standard deviation).
  4. Sample of six cities from the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, 2008-9.