| |
Online pharmacy prices (INR)
|
Retail pharmacy prices (INR)
|
p-value (retail vs overall online pharmacy)
|
|---|
|
1 mg
|
Apollo
|
MedPlus
|
NetMeds
|
Overall (i.e. all online pharmacies combined)
|
|---|
|
Human insulin
|
|
Vial
|
301.0
|
322.2
|
289.9
|
322.2
|
321.8 (n = 93)
|
323.5 (n = 187)
|
< 0.0001a
|
|
Cartridge
|
794.8
|
585.5
|
715.5
|
590.2
|
654.8 (n = 40)
|
796.6 (n = 9)
|
0.2630
|
|
Pen
|
1092.7
|
1213.3
|
1092.0
|
1213.3
|
1213.3 (n = 9)
|
1170.0 (n = 16)
|
0.0545
|
|
Insulin analogues
|
|
Vial
|
1474.7
|
1421.8
|
1253.5
|
1633.3
|
1575.3 (n = 13)
|
1168.8 (n = 6)
|
0.0653
|
|
Cartridge
|
1920.0
|
1703.6
|
1578.1
|
1662.3
|
1672.2 (n = 33)
|
1794.0 (n = 12)
|
0.7273
|
|
Pen
|
2190.3
|
2240.0
|
2016.0
|
2141.1
|
2190.2 (n = 33)
|
2160.0 (n = 49)
|
0.0181a
|
- aThe difference in median prices in retail pharmacy facilities and online pharmacies are statistically significant at α-significance level of 0.05 (Wilcoxon rank sum test) 'n' refers to the number of price data points used to calculate median consumer prices
