Where are we now: assessing the price, availability and affordability of essential medicines in Delhi as India plans free medicine for all

Table 3 Availability of surveyed medicines for chronic diseases in various public sector facilities in NCT, Delhi, India

Medicines	GNCT Delhi (n=40)	MCD (n=40)	CG (LH)	CG (RML)	CG (SJH)	GNCTD (LNH)	MCD (HRH)
		(Depression Psychoanaleptics)
Amitriptyline	10.0%	0.0%	Available	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A
Fluoxetine	2.5%	0.0%	Available	N.A	Available	N.A	N.A
		Hypertension
Amlodipine	92.5%	90.0%	Available	N.A	Available	Available	Available
Atenolol	85.0%	90.0%	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Enalapril	42.5%	47.5%	Available	Available	N.A	Available	N.A
		Diabetes
Glibenclamide	77.5%	42.5%	Available	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A
Gliclazide	0.0%	35.0%	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A
Metformin	60.0%	70.0%	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
		Acid related disorder
Ranitidine	85.0%	17.5%	Available	Available	Available	Available	N.A
Omeprazole	85.0%	85.0%	Available	N.A	Available	Available	Available
		Epilepsy
Phenytoin	60.0%	15.0%	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
		Hyperlipidemia
Atorvastatin	27.5%	2.5%	Available	N.A	N.A	Available	Available
Simvastatin	2.5%	0.0%	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A
		Obstructive airways diseases
Beclomethasone inhaler	0.0%	0.0%	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A
Budesonide inhaler	22.5%	5.0%	Available	N.A	N.A	Available	N.A
Budesonide+Formoterol inhaler	0.0%	0.0%	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A
Salbutamol inhaler	85.0%	0.0%	N.A	N.A	N.A	Available	N.A

GNCT Delhi: Government of NCT Delhi; MCD: Municipal Corporation of Delhi; CH: Central government; LH: Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital; RML: Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital; SJH: Safdarjung Hospital; LNH: Lok Nayak Hospital; HRH: Hindu Rao Hospital.
Percent availability depicts availability of medicines in all the facilities surveyed for Government of NCT Delhi and for Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Available and Not available (N.A) is used for availability of the medicine for only one tertiary care facility.
Availability depicted as 0.0% indicates the medicine was not available in any of the 40 facilities surveyed.
Availability depicted as N.A indicates that the particular medicine is not available in the mentioned tertiary care facility on the day of the survey.

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