| urban | P | rural | P | ||
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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 |