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Table 1 Availability and price paid by clients at the hospital pharmacies and private pharmacies for surveyed medicines and their MPRs

From: Evaluating essential medicines for treating childhood cancers: availability, price and affordability study in Ghana

 

Availability

Price

Medicine

Brand (IB/GB)

% Hospital Pharmacies (n = 2)

% Private Pharmacies (n = 4)

Median Price (Gh¢)

Minimum Price (Gh¢)

Maximum Price (Gh¢)

MPR

Dactinomycin, powder inj,500 μg in vial

GB

0

100

84

60

98.8

0.63

L-Asparaginase, powder inj, 10,000 IU in vial

GB

0

50

310.75

270

351.5

3.88

Carboplatin, inj, 150 mg/15 mL

GB

0

100

150

143

170

2.07

Carboplatin, inj, 450 mg/45 mL

GB

100

100

425

386

460

2.43

Etoposide, inj, 100 mg/5 mL

GB

100

100

40

35

52

2.12

Ifosphamide, powder inj, 1 g in vial

GB

0

50

155

140

170

3.36

Bleomycin, inj, 30 IU

GB

0

75

145

110

150

1.62

Cyclophosphamide, powder inj, 500 mg in vial

GB

100

100

25

17.63

35

0.72

Doxorubicin, powder inj, 50 mg in vial

GB

100

100

71

70

82

2.18

Vincristine, powder inj, 1 mg in vial

GB

0

100

27.5

20

35

1.54

6-Mecarptopurine, tab, 50 mg

GB

0

50

16

3

29

1.52

Dacarbazine, powder inj, 200 mg in vial

GB

0

50

79

55

104

1.15

5-Florouracil, inj, 500 mg/10 mL

GB

50

100

14

7.32

15

4.79

Methotrexate, inj, 50 mg in ViaL

GB

0

50

44

38

50

2.74

Methotrexate, tab, 2.5 mg

GB

0

50

4.9

3.8

6

13.19

Leucovorin,inj, 30 mg in vial

GB

0

50

87.5

75

100

1.25

Procarbazine, tab, 50 mg

GB

0

0

0

0

0

0

Chlormbucil, tab, 2 mg

GB

0

75

21

9.5

40

0.13

Cytarabine, inj, 100 mg in vial

GB

0

100

47.2

45

97

2.09

Granisetron, inj, 1 mg in vial

GB

100

100

28

20.67

68.83

0.8

Mean (SD)

 

27(44)

75(29)

    

Median MPR of GB

      

1.85

Non-cancer essential medicines

       

Dexamethasone, tab, 0.5 mg

GB

0

0

0.04

0.02

0.05

3.75

Dexamethasone, tab, 4 mg

GB

0

100

4

2

5

3.75

Dexamethasone, inj, 8 mg/2 ml

GB

50

100

1

0.8

1

0.65

Prednisolone, tab, 5 mg

GB

0

75

1.1

1

1.2

23.33

Hydrocortisone, inj, 100 mg in vial

GB

100

75

5

4

6

2.72

Allopurinol, tab, 100 mg

GB

50

75

0.72

0.56

1

51.43

Allopurinol, tab, 300 mg

GB

50

75

1.75

1.3

2

79.55

Nexium, powder, 10 mg

IB

50

100

6.85

3

10

0.51

Mean (SD)

 

38(35)

84(13)

    

Median MPR of GB

      

3.75

  1. IB, Innovator Brand; GB, Generic Brand; MPR, Median Price Ratio