Affordability of medicines for children in China
| Study ID | Time | Area | Public hospitals | Private pharmacies | ||||||||||
| OBs | LPGs | OBs | LPGs | |||||||||||
| Affordable medicines (N) | Survey medicines (N) | Affordable medicines (%) | Affordable medicines (N) | Survey medicines (N) | Affordable medicines (%) | Affordable medicines (N) | Survey medicines (N) | Affordable medicines (%) | Affordable medicines (N) | Survey medicines (N) | Affordable medicines (%) | |||
| Chen et al 20228 | 2021 | Sichuan Province, China | / | / | / | 4 | 7 | 57% | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| Wang et al 202044 | 2019 | Weifang City, Shandong Province, China | 2 | 4 | 50% | 8 | 9 | 89% | 4 | 7 | 57% | 7 | 7 | 100% |
| Dai et al 202045 | 2017 | China | 2 | 5 | 40% | 4 | 5 | 80% | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| Wei et al 201946 | 2016 | China | 2 | 8 | 25% | 40 | 42 | 95% | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| Wei et al 201946 | 2012 | China | 1 | 9 | 11% | 38 | 42 | 90% | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| Sun et al 201847 | 2017 | Jiangsu Province, China | 6 | 8 | 75% | 7 | 8 | 88% | 5 | 7 | 71% | 6 | 7 | 86% |
| Wang et al 201448 | 2012 | Shaanxi Province, China | 2 | 3 | 67% | 14 | 14 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 12 | 12 | 100% |
Note: Affordable medicines are medicines that cost less than the daily wage for a course of treatment.
LPGs, lowest price generics; OBs, original brands.