The impact of the private sector co-payment mechanism (PSCM) on the private market for ACT in Nigeria: results of the 2018 cross-sectional outlet and household market surveys

Table 4 Median price of child dosages in alternative forms (suspension, syrup and dispersible) among the different antimalarial brands in outlets disaggregated by region (north–south), area (rural–urban) and outlet type (pharmacy-PPMV)

Brand name	Formulation	Median cost (NGN)
Brand name	Formulation	North	South	Rural	Urban	Pharmacy	PPMV	Average cost of brand/form overall
Coartem	Suspension	350	350	350	325	350	350	350
	Syrup	400	480	440	450	450	440	440
	Dispersible	400	250	250	300	275	275	275
Lonart	Suspension	800	900	800	850	900	800	850
Lonart	Dispersible	225	300	275	300	300	300	300
Lonart DS	Suspension	850	875	850	875	875	850	850
P-Alaxin	Suspension	700	750	700	750	750	700	700
P-Alaxin	Syrup		450		450		450	450
Median by form	Suspension	750	800	700	800	800	700	800
	Syrup	400	465	440	450	450	450	450
	Dispersible	250	300	250	300	300	300	300

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