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Table 1 Mean availability (%) of medicines1 in the public sector (n = 22 facilities)

From: Is the Brazilian pharmaceutical policy ensuring population access to essential medicines?

City

N

Lowest-priced generic

Lowest-priced similars

  

Mean %2

SD %3

Mean%

SD%

Porto Alegre

30

23.3

41.9

55.8

41.9

Santa Cruz do Sul

38

14.5

31.6

59.9

39.7

Caxias do Sul

35

17.1

32.5

62,9

39.5

São Leopoldo

33

13.6

31.3

69.7

43.2

Pelotas

32

8.9

21.0

61.7

39.6

Bagé

26

11.5

27.6

70.2

38.1

  1. 1Only medicines included in the list of essential medicines within each city were included in this analysis.
  2. 2Mean avalability %3Standard deviation %.
  3. Sample of six cities from the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, 2008-9.