The effects of pricing policy on the prices and supply of low-cost medicines in Shandong, China: evidence from an interrupted time series analysis

Table 1 Examples of the LCM products with significant rising prices compared 1st quarter of 2017with 2nd quarter of 2014

Product names	Dosage per unit	Types^a	Unit prices in 2014 Q2	Unit prices in 2017 Q1	Growth rate
Muxiang Shunqi pills	0.06 g	t	0.06	5.67	87.30
Baizi Yangxin Pills	0.1 g	t	0.09	2.47	25.17
Niuhuang Jiedu Tablets	none	t	0.03	0.58	20.90
Clotrimazole cream	10 g	c	0.50	18.00	35.00
Citrate spray tablets	25 mg	c	0.01	0.30	25.79
Esomezol tablets	1 mg	c	0.02	0.39	23.17

The price is in the form of RMB. ^aThe t in Types represents Traditional Chinese medicines, and c represents chemical medicines

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