Table 3 Comparison of the means of indicators of pharmaceutical expenditure (‘000) according to levels of dichotomic variables
Availability of RRH (RRHAVAIL) | Yes (n = 13) | Std deviation | No (n = 74) | Std deviation | Means difference | t | Sig. (2 tailed) |
PHCPETotal | 566434.88 | 147749.606 | 284686.74 | 169652.114 | −281748.144 | −5.619 | 0.000 |
PHCPECapita | 1.1587 | 0.35773 | 1.1159 | 0.42920 | −0.04274 | −0.338 | 0.736 |
PHCPEVist | 0.9020 | 0.25030 | 1.1398 | 0.60613 | 0.23780 | 1.388 | 0.169 |
PHCPEFacility | 16062.9092 | 10805.53931 | 12508.2640 | 3608.78774 | −3554.64519 | −2.247 | 0.027 |
Newly created district (DISTAGE) | Yes (n = 23) | Std deviation | No (n = 64) | Std deviation | Means difference | t | Sig. (2 tailed) |
PHCPETotal | 190402.76 | 78370.452 | 375800.14 | 200163.186 | 185397.383 | 4.312 | 0.000 |
PHCPECapita | 1.1484 | 0.41230 | 1.1129 | 0.42244 | −0.03546 | −0.347 | 0.729 |
PHCPEVist | 1.3383 | 0.86995 | 1.0214 | 0.40019 | −0.31689 | −2.294 | 0.024 |
PHCPEFacility | 12958.6832 | 4150.29242 | 13068.4319 | 5790.50282 | 109.74865 | 0.083 | 0.934 |
Hard to reach district (DISTACCESS) | Yes (n = 18) | Std deviation | No (n = 69) | Std deviation | Means difference | t | Sig. (2 tailed) |
PHCPETotal | 281134.11 | 147940.892 | 338696.50 | 203694.745 | 57562.390 | 1.122 | 0.265 |
PHCPECapita | 1.2578 | 0.52717 | 1.0870 | 0.38084 | −0.17081 | −1.558 | 0.123 |
PHCPEVist | 1.2199 | 0.58504 | 1.0764 | 0.56955 | −0.14350 | −0.904 | 0.369 |
PHCPEFacility | 11270.8536 | 3246.31591 | 13500.7825 | 5741.22578 | 2229.92887 | 1.579 | 0.118 |
Availability of TA for Pharmaceutical Management (TA) | Yes (n = 34) | Std deviation | No (n = 53) | Std deviation | Means difference | t | Sig. (2 tailed) |
PHCPETotal | 413249.53 | 194700.748 | 271320.53 | 173902.561 | −141929.001 | −3.544 | .001 |
PHCPECapita | 1.1870 | 0.42871 | 1.0808 | 0.40914 | −0.10624 | −1.160 | .249 |
PHCPEVist | 1.0605 | 0.48092 | 1.1320 | 0.62806 | 0.07155 | 0.563 | 0.575 |
PHCPEFacility | 12533.7598 | 3121.21665 | 13363.8023 | 6438.73667 | 830.04242 | 0.700 | 0.486 |