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Table 1 Median availability of 30 essential medicines in China from 2011 to 2016

From: A survey of availability, price and affordability of essential medicines from 2011 to 2016 in Chinese secondary and tertiary hospitals

Year

Nationwide (%)

Eastern (%)

Middle (%)

Western (%)

P

Availability

Product specific Δ availability

Availability

Product specific Δ availability

Availability

Product specific Δ availability

Availability

Product specific Δ availability

2011

46.0

 

55.4

 

41.4

 

44.9

 

0.000

2012

53.7

3.6*

60.1

4.7*

44.5

5.1*

47.3

3.5*

0.000

2013

48.4

−3.8*

58.1

−1.4*

41.8

−4.9*

42.5

−3.2*

0.000

2014

43.3

−2.7*

49.0

−4.5*

38.4

−4.5*

38.3

−1.4*

0.000

2015

50.5

4.6*

60.1

3.2*

47.7

5.6*

49.8

7.7*

0.000

2016

43.7

−5.2*

54.0

−5.6*

40.5

−3.6*

42.2

−6.8*

0.000

  1. *P < 0.05
  2. Product specific Δ availability: first calculated the differences of availability of each product between adjacent years and then chose the median value of these differences as Product specific Δ availability