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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