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Table 4 Availability of select medication in urban and rural areas per administrative regions

From: The capacity of primary health care facilities in Saudi Arabia: infrastructure, services, drug availability, and human resources

  Administrative Regions
Albaha Aljouf Almadinah Alqaseem Aseer Eastern Region Hail Jazan Makkah Najran Northern Borders Riyadh Tabouk Grand total
Anesthetics
Rural% 59.8 0.0 97.9 8.5 74.3 72.4 15.1 81.2 55.2 87.5 6.3 28.5 55.6 55.9
Urban% 57.7 3.2 74.6 64.9 66.7 51.5 25.9 61.4 59.1 71.1 0.0 38.6 40.5 51.5
Medication to treat Ulcer
Rural% 98.8 95.0 99.0 97.9 81.2 92.0 83.6 81.2 86.6 87.5 87.5 74.1 97.8 85.8
Urban% 96.2 100.0 98.3 98.3 93.3 92.0 74.1 88.6 85.6 95.6 100.0 84.8 95.2 91.0
Antiamoebic
Rural% 95.0 99.0 97.9 90.4 86.2 91.8 66.7 84.1 95.8 81.3 53.1 64.4 80.6 95.0
Urban% 96.8 91.5 93.0 73.3 75.5 66.7 86.4 68.9 84.4 100.0 68.1 42.9 77.0 96.8
Antivirals
Rural% 85.0 90.5 63.8 70.6 59.8 91.8 34.2 50.3 75.0 93.8 39.5 91.1 62.1 85.0
Urban% 96.8 71.2 86.8 78.7 74.2 88.9 22.7 72.7 64.4 91.3 68.6 83.3 73.4 96.8
Anthelmintics
Rural% 90.0 97.9 95.7 87.6 89.7 87.7 84.6 93.0 87.5 81.3 73.7 100.0 88.0 90.0
Urban% 100.0 100.0 97.4 88.0 88.3 81.5 100.0 90.9 93.3 100.0 80.0 95.2 90.3 100.0
Antimalarials
Rural% 50.0 84.2 2.1 61.5 2.3 58.9 47.0 33.3 79.2 75.0 6.1 20.0 40.4 50.0
Urban% 54.8 28.8 57.0 26.7 27.6 48.2 86.4 19.7 66.7 47.8 18.6 28.6 35.3 54.8
Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory
Rural% 95.0 99.0 68.1 91.7 85.1 78.1 72.7 87.1 91.7 87.5 61.4 100.0 82.4 95.0
Urban% 100.0 94.9 85.1 78.7 90.2 66.7 93.2 86.4 80.0 100.0 74.8 90.5 84.8 100.0
Antiepileptics
Rural% 45.0 2.1 6.4 24.3 18.4 60.3 29.1 18.4 62.5 43.8 5.7 71.1 23.5 45.0
Urban% 38.7 27.1 54.4 26.7 36.8 70.4 40.9 37.9 64.4 43.5 23.3 50.0 37.6 38.7
Antithyroid and Thyroid Hormones
Rural% 95.0 94.7 66.0 88.1 71.3 97.3 48.7 53.7 70.8 93.8 27.6 95.6 67.6 95.0
Urban% 100.0 100.0 85.1 85.3 85.9 92.6 9.1 83.3 86.7 100.0 60.0 88.1 78.8 100.0
Lipid-lowering drugs
Rural% 95.0 99.0 93.6 99.1 89.7 100.0 99.2 79.1 95.8 87.5 77.2 100.0 90.9 95.0
Urban% 100.0 98.3 91.2 93.3 87.7 96.3 93.2 87.9 97.8 100.0 79.1 97.6 89.6 100.0
Antidiarrheals
Rural% 95.0 100.0 95.7 91.7 90.8 98.6 98.3 92.0 87.5 81.3 93.9 100.0 93.9 95.0
Urban% 100.0 94.9 97.4 92.0 86.5 100.0 86.4 81.8 100.0 100.0 90.0 97.6 91.2 100.0
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