| Median price in USD | Chi-Squared (KWT) | p-value | |||||||||||
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Drugs, strength and unit | Hospital | Health center | Pharmacy | Drug store | ||||||||||
Median | 25th | 75th | Median | 25th | 75th | Median | 25th | 75th | Median | 25th | 75th | |||
Salbutamol 0.1Â mg/dose | 2.0769 | 1.9946 | 2.6923 | 1.8877 | 1.7846 | 2.0646 | 3.3846 | 3.0769 | 4.0000 | 3.3846 | 3.0769 | 3.9231 | 21.97 | .000* |
Metformin 500Â mg tab | 0.0185 | 0.0158 | 0.0262 | 0.0239 | 0.0177 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0273 | 0.0462 | 0.0462 | 0.0308 | 0.0646 | 21.62 | .000* |
Bisoprolol 5 mg/tab | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.0769 | 0.0769 | 0.0769 | – | – |
Captopril 25 mg tab | 0.0215 | 0.0185 | 0.1093 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0462 | 0.0246 | – | – | – | – | 1.50 | .473 |
Simvastatin 20 mg tab/cap | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.2031 | 0.0851 | 0.2383 | 0.2308 | 0.2308 | 0.2308 | 0.25 | .617 |
Amitriptyline 25 mg tab/cap | 0.0308 | 0.0185 | – | 0.0185 | 0.0173 | 0.0277 | 0.0462 | 0.0365 | 0.0615 | 0.0769 | 0.0539 | 0.0923 | 15.65 | .001* |
Cipro 50Â mg tab/cap | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0412 | 0.0319 | 0.0308 | 0.0577 | 0.0615 | 0.0462 | 0.0769 | 0.0646 | 0.0615 | 0.0923 | 21.51 | .000* |
Cotri-mox 240/5 susp | 0.7692 | 0.6154 | – | 0.8846 | 0.6462 | 1.0154 | 0.9231 | 0.8615 | 1.0769 | 0.9231 | 0.9231 | 1.1923 | 4.66 | .198 |
Amox 500Â mg cap/tab | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0338 | 0.0462 | 0.0400 | 0.0523 | 0.0462 | 0.0400 | 0.0615 | 30.01 | .000* |
Ceftriaxone 1Â g vial | 0.5538 | 0.3847 | 0.6923 | 0.6154 | 0.5538 | 0.7692 | 0.7692 | 0.5538 | 0.8000 | 0.7692 | 0.6154 | 0.8846 | 7.30 | .063 |
Diazepam 5Â mg tab/cap | 0.0154 | 0.0062 | 0.0308 | 0.0093 | 0.0059 | 0.0270 | 0.0508 | 0.0147 | 0.0846 | 0.0077 | 0.0077 | 0.0077 | 4.45 | .216 |
Diclofenac 50Â mg tab/cap | 0.0093 | 0.0058 | 0.0154 | 0.0067 | 0.0062 | 0.0154 | 0.0154 | 0.0092 | 0.0923 | 0.0154 | 0.0139 | 0.0169 | 10.84 | .013* |
Paracetamol 24 mg/ml susp | 0.3846 | 0.3077 | – | 0.9231 | 0.3000 | 1.2616 | 0.9231 | 0.7692 | 0.9231 | 0.9231 | 0.6154 | 0.9231 | 4.59 | .205 |
Omeprazole 20Â mg tab/cap | 0.0154 | 0.0154 | 0.0185 | 0.0172 | 0.0123 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0215 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0246 | 0.0308 | 20.86 | .000* |
Glibenclamide 5Â mg tab/cap | 0.0092 | 0.0070 | 0.0123 | 0.0154 | 0.0083 | 0.0308 | 0.0215 | 0.0185 | 0.0462 | 0.0154 | 0.0154 | Â | 11.13 | .011* |
Atenolol 50Â mg tab/cap | 0.0185 | 0.0154 | 0.0370 | 0.0308 | 0.0154 | Â | 0.0308 | 0.0269 | 0.0392 | 0.1538 | 0.0308 | 0.1538 | 8.44 | .038* |
Hyoscine BB 10Â mg tab | 0.0985 | 0.0923 | 0.1193 | 0.1046 | 0.0738 | 0.1077 | 0.1108 | 0.1031 | 0.1231 | 0.1154 | 0.0846 | 0.1231 | 4.80 | .187 |
Metoclopramide HCl 10Â mg tab | 0.0062 | 0.0039 | 0.0139 | 0.0092 | 0.0062 | 0.0154 | 0.0308 | 0.0154 | 0.0331 | 0.0154 | 0.0154 | 0.0308 | 15.10 | .002* |
Bisacodyl 5Â mg tab | 0.0223 | 0.0200 | 0.0254 | 0.0277 | 0.0199 | 0.0308 | 0.0615 | 0.0385 | 0.0769 | 0.0615 | 0.0308 | 0.0923 | 18.72 | .000* |
ORS sack (1 L) | 0.1077 | 0.0000 | 0.1861 | 0.0797 | 0.0000 | 0.1538 | 0.3077 | 0.2154 | 0.3077 | 0.3077 | 0.2000 | 0.3077 | 23.74 | .000* |
Loperamide 2 mg cap | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.1923 | 0.0923 |  | 0.4615 | 0.4615 | 0.4615 | 1.50 | .221 |
Amiodarone 200 mg tab | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Furosemide 40Â mg tab | 0.0185 | 0.0123 | 0.0293 | 0.0231 | 0.0122 | 0.0296 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0415 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0416 | 15.79 | .001* |
Adrenaline 1 mg/ml inj | 0.1538 | 0.1231 | 0.7692 | 0.1231 | 0.1108 | 0.1538 | 0.1385 | 0.0923 | 0.6231 | – | – | – | 1.44 | .486 |
Paracetamol 500Â mg tab | 0.0123 | 0.0062 | 0.0154 | 0.0062 | 0.0062 | 0.0154 | 0.0154 | 0.0154 | 0.0185 | 0.0154 | 0.0154 | 0.0215 | 15.51 | .001* |
ASA 300 mg tab | 0.0154 | 0.0119 | 0.0177 | 0.0308 | 0.0131 | 0.0476 | 0.0154 | 0.0108 | 0.0154 | 0.0154 | 0.0092 | – | 3.79 | .285 |
ASA 100 mg tab | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.0422 | 0.0166 | – | 0.0923 | 0.0923 | – | 3.16 | .076 |
Ibuprofen 400Â mg tab | 0.0308 | 0.0285 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0223 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 10.16 | .017* |
Fluoxetine 20Â mg cap | 0.0323 | 0.0308 | 0.0346 | 0.0331 | 0.0146 | 0.0354 | 0.0923 | 0.0769 | 0.1231 | 0.1077 | 0.1077 | 0.1077 | 7.99 | .046* |
Valproate 200 mg tab | 0.0769 | 0.0454 | 0.0923 | 0.0775 | 0.0775 | 0.0775 | 0.1231 | 0.1039 | 0.1538 | – | – | – | 5.96 | .051 |
Risperidone 1 mg tab | 0.2154 | 0.1193 | 0.2231 | 0.0462 | 0.0462 | 0.0462 | 0.2800 | 0.2800 | 0.2800 | – | – | – | 2.83 | .243 |
Haloperidol 5 (0.5) mg tab | 0.0231 | 0.0170 | 0.0308 | 0.0225 | 0.0225 | 0.0225 | 0.0615 | 0.0338 | – | – | – | – | 5.53 | .063 |
Carbamazepine 200 mg tab | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.0885 | 0.0615 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Allopurinol 100 mg tab | 0.0338 | 0.0338 | 0.0338 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0600 | 0.0361 | 0.1577 | – | – | – | 5.45 | .066 |
Amox 250Â mg cap | 0.0154 | 0.0154 | 0.0154 | 0.0195 | 0.0154 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0246 | 0.0308 | 0.0615 | 0.0369 | 0.0615 | 24.70 | .000* |
Ampicillin 500Â mg inj | 0.1538 | 0.1193 | 0.1769 | 0.1538 | 0.1160 | 0.3677 | 0.3077 | 0.1538 | 0.6154 | 0.4615 | 0.3846 | 0.5385 | 9.26 | .026* |
Cloxa 500Â mg cap/tab | 0.0308 | 0.0231 | 0.0447 | 0.0462 | 0.0388 | 0.0600 | 0.0646 | 0.0457 | 0.0808 | 0.0615 | 0.0462 | 0.0923 | 10.49 | .015* |
Beza Pen G 2.4 MIU | 0.3077 | 0.2154 | – | 0.2523 | 0.2216 | 0.3077 | 0.4616 | 0.3077 | 1.0770 | – | – | – | 4.33 | .115 |
Azithromycin 250Â mg cap | 0.1231 | 0.1231 | 0.1231 | 0.1231 | 0.1231 | 0.1231 | 0.4615 | 0.3512 | 0.9223 | 0.2539 | 0.0347 | 0.5001 | 5.35 | .148 |
Ceftazidime 1 g inj | 0.8462 | 0.8308 | – | – | – | – | 2.9231 | 2.1538 | 3.3077 | 2.8462 | 2.6154 | – | 3.96 | .138 |
Doxycycline 100Â mg cap | 0.0185 | 0.0159 | 0.0216 | 0.0185 | 0.0169 | 0.0300 | 0.0308 | 0.0234 | 0.0369 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0462 | 25.02 | .000* |
Metronidazole 250Â mg caps | 0.0123 | 0.0123 | 0.0246 | 0.0154 | 0.0123 | 0.0308 | 0.0185 | 0.0154 | 0.0308 | 0.0154 | 0.0154 | 0.0270 | 5.90 | .117 |
Cotri-mox 480 mg tabs | 0.0139 | 0.0092 | – | 0.0154 | 0.0123 | 0.0154 | 0.0247 | 0.0154 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0154 | 0.0385 | 8.21 | .042* |
Fluconazole 200 mg tab | 0.0369 | 0.0354 | 0.0508 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 |  | 0.1692 | 0.0769 | 0.2154 | 0.1538 | 0.1538 | – | 11.42 | .010* |
Clindamycin 150 mg | 0.1293 | 0.1277 | – | – | – | – | 0.0974 | 0.0923 | – | – | – | – | 2.40 | .121 |
Hydrocortisone (50Â mg/ml) inj | 0.4923 | 0.4923 | 0.8692 | 0.6308 | 0.4923 | 1.1154 | 1.6154 | 1.2308 | 2.1538 | 1.8462 | 1.3846 | 3.0769 | 17.06 | .001* |
PTU 50 mg tab | 0.1446 | 0.1062 | 0.1492 | – | – | – | 0.2769 | 0.0892 |  | 0.2615 | 0.2615 | 0.2615 | 2.22 | .329 |
Fefol 200 mg + 0.5 mg cap | 0.0277 | 0.0154 | 0.0308 | 0.0247 | 0.0173 | 0.0361 | 0.0554 | 0.0462 | 0.0615 | 0.0585 | 0.0431 | 0.1253 | 15.83 | .001* |
TTC 1% ointment | 0.1846 | 0.1615 | 0.2769 | 0.1846 | 0.1500 | 0.3077 | 0.3077 | 0.3077 | 0.3692 | 0.3077 | 0.3077 | 0.3077 | 12.07 | .007* |
Albendazole 200 mg tab | 0.0231 | 0.0154 | – | 0.0378 | 0.0308 | 0.1692 | 0.0739 | 0.0250 | 0.1538 | 0.0769 | 0.0615 | 0.3077 | 3.38 | .336 |