Name of the drugs (name, strength and Unit) | Lowest price generics (LPG) | p value | |||||||
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Public facilities Median price, USD | Private facilities (%) Median price, USD | Mann–Whitney U | Wilcoxon W | ||||||
Median | 25th | 75th | Median | 25th | 75th | ||||
1. Salbutamol 0.1Â mg/dose | 2.062 | 1.888 | 2.092 | 3.385 | 3.077 | 4.000 | 19.5 | 139.5 | 0.000* |
2. Metformin 500Â mg tab | 0.022 | 0.017 | 0.031 | 0.031 | 0.031 | 0.046 | 87 | 340 | 0.000* |
3. Bisoprolol 5 mg/tab | – | – | – | 0.077 | 0.077 | 0.077 | – | – | – |
4. Captopril 25 mg tab | 0.031 | 0.019 | 0.031 | 0.046 | 0.025 | – | 6 | 34 | 0.298 |
5. Simvastatin 20 mg tab/cap | – | – | – | 0.206 | 0.086 | 0.236 | – | – | – |
6. Amitriptyline 25Â mg tab/cap | 0.019 | 0.019 | 0.031 | 0.054 | 0.041 | 0.077 | 17 | 45 | 0.002* |
7. Cipro 50Â mg tab/cap | 0.031 | 0.031 | 0.046 | 0.062 | 0.046 | 0.077 | 73.5 | 283.5 | 0.000* |
8. Cotri-mox 240/5 susp | 0.873 | 0.638 | 0.954 | 0.923 | 0.923 | 1.077 | 126.5 | 204.5 | 0.102 |
9. Amox 500Â mg cap/tab | 0.031 | 0.031 | 0.031 | 0.046 | 0.040 | 0.062 | 75 | 426 | 0.000* |
10. Ceftriaxone 1Â g vial | 0.615 | 0.546 | 0.769 | 0.769 | 0.615 | 0.800 | 221 | 474 | 0.028* |
11. Diazepam 5Â mg tab/cap | 0.012 | 0.006 | 0.031 | 0.040 | 0.007 | 0.077 | 20.5 | 140.5 | 0.134 |
12. Diclofenac 50Â mg tab/cap | 0.007 | 0.006 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.009 | 0.031 | 127.5 | 337.5 | 0.001* |
13. Paracetamol 24Â mg/ml susp | 0.462 | 0.308 | 0.985 | 0.923 | 0.769 | 0.923 | 61.5 | 89.5 | 0.222 |
14. Omeprazole 20Â mg tab/cap | 0.016 | 0.015 | 0.019 | 0.031 | 0.022 | 0.031 | 105 | 358 | 0.000* |
15. Glibenclamide 5Â mg tab/cap | 0.009 | 0.008 | 0.031 | 0.022 | 0.017 | 0.042 | 87 | 340 | 0.004* |
16. Atenolol 50Â mg tab/cap | 0.023 | 0.015 | 0.031 | 0.031 | 0.028 | 0.046 | 46.5 | 82.5 | 0.035* |
17. Hyoscine BB 10Â mg tab | 0.105 | 0.092 | 0.108 | 0.111 | 0.099 | 0.123 | 167.5 | 443.5 | 0.032* |
18. Metoclopramide HCl 10Â mg tab | 0.009 | 0.006 | 0.015 | 0.031 | 0.015 | 0.031 | 85 | 295 | 0.000* |
19. Bisacodyl 5Â mg tab | 0.023 | 0.021 | 0.031 | 0.062 | 0.031 | 0.077 | 27.5 | 147.5 | 0.000* |
20. ORS sack (1 L) | 0.080 | 0.000 | 0.154 | 0.308 | 0.215 | 0.308 | 51.5 | 241.5 | 0.000* |
21. Loperamide 2 mg cap | – | – | – | 0.292 | 0.092 | – | – | – | – |
22. Amiodarone 200 mg tab | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
23. Furosemide 40Â mg tab | 0.020 | 0.012 | 0.030 | 0.031 | 0.031 | 0.041 | 81.5 | 252.5 | 0.000* |
24. Adrenaline 1Â mg/ml inj | 0.138 | 0.113 | 0.162 | 0.138 | 0.092 | 0.623 | 34 | 44 | 0.863 |
25. Paracetamol 500Â mg tab | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.019 | 90 | 300 | 0.000* |
26. ASA 300Â mg tab | 0.015 | 0.014 | 0.031 | 0.015 | 0.010 | 0.015 | 53 | 131 | 0.258 |
27. ASA 100 mg tab | – | – | – | 0.092 | 0.042 | 0.231 | – | – | – |
28. Ibuprofen 400Â mg tab | 0.031 | 0.025 | 0.031 | 0.031 | 0.031 | 0.031 | 137.5 | 290.5 | 0.003* |
29. Fluoxetine 20Â mg cap | 0.032 | 0.031 | 0.035 | 0.095 | 0.081 | 0.119 | 9 | 64 | 0.006* |
30. Valproate 200Â mg tab | 0.078 | 0.051 | 0.092 | 0.123 | 0.104 | 0.154 | 1 | 16 | 0.015* |
31. Risperidone 1Â mg tab | 0.208 | 0.044 | 0.222 | 0.280 | 0.280 | 0.280 | 0 | 21 | 0.134 |
32. Haloperidol 5 (0.5) mg tab | 0.023 | 0.018 | 0.031 | 0.062 | 0.034 | – | 0 | 21 | 0.019* |
33. Carbamazepine 200 mg tab | – | – | – | 0.088 | 0.062 | – | – | – | – |
34. Allopurinol 100Â mg tab | 0.032 | 0.031 | 0.034 | 0.060 | 0.036 | 0.158 | 1 | 11 | 0.037* |
35. Amox 250Â mg cap | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.029 | 0.031 | 0.031 | 0.062 | 67.5 | 367.5 | 0.000* |
36. Ampicillin 500Â mg inj | 0.154 | 0.123 | 0.246 | 0.462 | 0.308 | 0.615 | 30 | 96 | 0.004* |
37. Cloxa 500Â mg cap/tab | 0.045 | 0.031 | 0.051 | 0.062 | 0.046 | 0.082 | 45 | 136 | 0.006* |
38. Beza Pen G 2.4 MIU | 0.280 | 0.223 | 0.308 | 0.462 | 0.308 | 1.077 | 5 | 41 | 0.053 |
39. Azithromycin 250Â mg cap | 0.123 | 0.123 | 0.123 | 0.462 | 0.279 | 0.590 | 6 | 12 | 0.081 |
40. Ceftazidime 1Â g inj | 0.846 | 0.831 | Â | 2.923 | 2.592 | 3.077 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.047* |
41. Doxycycline 100Â mg cap | 0.019 | 0.017 | 0.026 | 0.031 | 0.031 | 0.046 | 75.5 | 400.5 | 0.000* |
42. Metronidazole 250Â mg caps | 0.015 | 0.012 | 0.028 | 0.017 | 0.015 | 0.031 | 209.5 | 462.5 | 0.048* |
43. Cotri-mox 480Â mg tabs | 0.015 | 0.012 | 0.016 | 0.031 | 0.015 | 0.031 | 66.5 | 171.5 | 0.005* |
44. Fluconazole 200Â mg tab | 0.037 | 0.032 | 0.039 | 0.169 | 0.108 | 0.215 | 6 | 42 | 0.001* |
45. Clindamycin 150 mg | 0.129 | 0.128 | – | 0.097 | 0.092 | – | 0 | 3 | 0.121 |
46. Hydrocortisone (50Â mg/ml) inj | 0.492 | 0.492 | 0.869 | 1.846 | 1.308 | 2.154 | 10.5 | 65.5 | 0.000* |
47. PTU 50Â mg tab | 0.145 | 0.106 | 0.149 | 0.269 | 0.132 | 0.294 | 4 | 19 | 0.140 |
48. Fefol 200 mg + 0.5 mg cap | 0.028 | 0.016 | 0.031 | 0.055 | 0.046 | 0.062 | 8 | 53 | 0.000* |
49. TTC 1% ointment | 0.185 | 0.154 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 50.5 | 155.5 | 0.001* |
50. Albendazole 200Â mg tab | 0.031 | 0.031 | 0.154 | 0.077 | 0.031 | 0.154 | 46 | 74 | 0.388 |