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Table 4 The outcomes of drug purchasing and sales of institution

From: The impacts of implementation of National Essential Medicines Policies on primary healthcare institutions: a cross-sectional study in China

 

urban

P

rural

P

The treatment group

(n = 68)

The control group

(n = 70)

The treatment group

(n = 74)

The control group

(n = 17)

1 The ratio of the number of

 -EMs/all medicines

55.65%

40.24%

0.001

65.10%

73.11%

0.367

 -PSEMs/all medicines

23.45%

35.85%

0.001

19.70%

11.76%

0.160

 -non-EMs/all medicines

20.90%

23.92%

0.337

15.20%

15.12%

0.991

2 The sales ratio of

 -EMs/all medicines

48.88%

27.23%

0.001

60.22%

72.86%

0.272

 -PSEMs/all medicines

25.41%

49.10%

0.000

21.37%

9.03%

0.009

 -non-EMs/all medicines

25.71%

23.67%

0.605

18.42%

18.11%

0.973

3 The average price markup rate of

 -EMs

0.28%

15.00%

0.001

0.46%

15.12%

0.009

 -PSEMs

0.00%

14.82%

0.000

0.05%

14.36%

0.001

 -non-EMs

10.21%

15.00%

0.003

7.91%

10.00%

0.004

 -all medicines

2.32%

14.98%

0.001

2.66%

13.40%

0.003