The Burden of Unavailable Drugs Cost to Patients Admitted to Internal Medicine Ward of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Patients Admitted to Internal Medicine B8 Ward of TikurAnbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, November, 2020

Socio-Demographics	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Age	<18	3	9.375
	19–30	6	18.75
	31–40	6	18.75
	41–50	7	21.87
	50–60	4	12.5
	61–75	4	12.5
	>75	2	6.25
Gender	Male	20	62.5
	Female	12	37.5
Marital status	Single	15	46.87
	Married	14	43.75
	Widowed	3	9.375
Level of education	No formal education	6	18.75
	1–8	9	28.12
	9–12	11	34.37
	College and above	6	18.75
Residence	Addis Ababa	22	68.75
	Out of Addis	10	31.25
Occupation	Government employee	6	18.75
	Private employee	9	28.12
	Own private business	6	18.75
	Retired	3	9.375
	Housewife	3	9.375
	Student	4	12.5
	No job	1	3.125
Monthly Income	<25.64$	21	65.62
	25.66$-51.28$	3	9.375
	51.3$-102.56$	2	6.25
	102.58$-128.21$	0	0
	>128.23$	6	18.75

Note: 1 US $ = 39 ETB.

Table 2 Frequency of Prescribed Medication in Internal Medicine Ward B8 of Tikur anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 2020

No	Medication	Frequency	Percentage
1	Ceftriaxone 1mg injection	12	37.5
2	Spironolactone 25 mg tablet	10	31.25
3	Furosemide 40 mg tablet	9	28.12
4	Unfractionated heparin 25,000 IU injection	9	28.12
5	Vancomycin 1mg injection	9	28.12
6	Furosemide 20mg/2mL injection	8	25
7	Metronidazole 500 mg injection	8	25
8	Omeprazole 20 mg injection	8	25
9	40% Dextrose injection	7	21.75
10	Omeprazole 20 mg capsule	7	21.75
11	Potassium Chloride 600 mg tablet	7	21.75
12	Digoxin 0.25 mg tablet	6	18.75
13	Atorvastatin 40 mg tablet	5	15.62
14	Cefepime 1g injection	5	15.62
15	Metoprolol 50 mg tablet	5	15.62
16	Metoclopramide 10mg/2mL injection	5	15.62
17	Warfarin 5 mg tablet	5	15.62

Table 3 Costs of Medication Bought Inside and Outside the Hospital Pharmacy by Patients Admitted to Internal Medicine Ward of TASH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 2020

Cost of Medication per Patient	Inside the Hospital Pharmacy ($)	Outside the Hospital Pharmacy ($)
Minimum cost	0.18	3.07
Maximum cost	11.91	163.58
Total cost	78.05	1530.84
Average cost	4.33	54.67

Note: 1 US $ = 39 ETB.

Table 4 Costs of Selected Medications Bought Inside the Hospital Pharmacy by Patients Admitted to Internal Medicine B8 Ward of Tikur anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 8–21, 2020

No	Medication	Total Cost ($)	Average Cost ($) per Patient
1	Vancomycin 1g injection	50.46	8.41
2	Rivaroxaban 10 mg tablet	5.05	2.52
3	Furosemide 20mg/2mL injection	5.61	1.87
4	Tramadol 50 mg injection	1.54	1.54
5	Ceftriaxone 1g injection	5.56	1.08
6	Omeprazole 20mg injection	2	1
7	Potassium Chloride 2meq/mL injection	0.84	0.84
8	Pyridoxine 50 mg tablet	1.2	0.6

Notes: 1 US $ = 39 ETB, The average cost of the medicine per patient is obtained by dividing the sum of the medicine cost from total prescription by the number of prescriptions.

Table 5 Costs of Selected Medications Bought Outside the Hospital Pharmacy by Patients Admitted to Internal Medicine B8 Ward of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 8–21, 2020

No	Medication	Total Cost ($)	Average Cost ($) per Patient
1	Labetalol 5 mg injection	61.54	61.54
2	Protamine sulphate 10mg/mL injection	56.41	56.41
3	Enoxaparin 60 mg injection	157	52.33
4	Meropenem 1g injection	102.18	51.09
5	Cefepime 1g injection	235.64	47.13
6	Unfractionated heparin 25,000 IU injection	367.18	45.89
7	Lactulose 333 mg injection	41.02	41.02
8	Mannitol 20% infusion	55.13	27.56
9	Sacubitril/valsartan 49mg/51mg tablet	18.59	18.59
10	Omeprazole 20mg injection	40	10
11	Metronidazole 500mg injection	76.67	9.58
12	Nor-adrenaline 0.1% injection	16.67	8.33
13	40% dextrose injection	61.28	8.05
14	Metoprolol 50mg tablet	30.38	7.65

Notes: 1 US $ = 39 ETB, The average cost of the medicine per patient is obtained by dividing the sum of the medicine cost from total prescription by the number of prescriptions.