
Figure 1. Variation in the maximum price quoted for ciprofloxacin and fluconazole between the 1st (2000) 2nd (2001) 3rd (2002) and 4th (2003) surveys
There is a considerable decrease in the price of fluconazole between surveys, as shown in Figure 1 above, whereas ciprofloxacin has only shown a very slight decrease in price.
Table 6. Variation in the price of ciprofloxacin and fluconazole
ciprofloxacin, tab, 250 mg |
max |
min |
med |
25th perc |
no <25th perc |
1st Survey |
1.20 |
0.02 |
0.13 |
0.05 |
3 |
2nd Survey |
0.95 |
0.02 |
0.10 |
0.04 |
5 |
3rd Survey |
0.64 |
0.01 |
0.10 |
0.03 |
6 |
4th Survey |
0.79 |
0.01 |
0.05 |
0.02 |
3 |
fluconazole, caps, 200 mg |
max |
min |
med |
25th perc |
no <25th perc |
1st Survey |
15.24 |
8.42 |
14.10 |
11.26 |
1 |
2nd Survey |
7.25 |
0.20 |
0.36 |
0.24 |
2 |
3rd Survey |
1.25 |
0.20 |
0.39 |
0.27 |
2 |
4th Survey |
0.60 |
0.04 |
0.20 |
0.13 |
2 |