Availability of medicines
Wealth quintile | P values | |||||
Q1 (poorest) | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 (least poor) | ||
Distance to health facilities (km) | ||||||
Nearest facility | 8.11 (1.56) | 9.01 (1.33) | 5.25 (0.93) | 5.88 (1.46) | 5.22 (1.22) | 0.050 |
Nearest public facility | 10.98 (1.48) | 12.89 (1.67) | 9.69 (1.27) | 10.52 (2.05) | 9.44 (1.36) | 0.285 |
Nearest non-profit facility | 13.56 (2.20) | 12.59 (1.88) | 6.95 (0.87) | 7.92 (1.27) | 6.70 (1.09) | 0.002 |
Probability nearest facility is public | 0.54 (0.08) | 0.37 (0.08) | 0.30 (0.07) | 0.30 (0.07) | 0.29 (0.07) | 0.020 |
Probability medicine available at nearest facility | ||||||
HCTZ (hypertension) | 0.20 (0.07) | 0.25 (0.08) | 0.20 (0.07) | 0.22 (0.07) | 0.27 (0.09) | 0.624 |
Metformin (diabetes) | 0.73 (0.08) | 0.71 (0.08) | 0.67 (0.10) | 0.75 (0.08) | 0.74 (0.08) | 0.752 |
Salbutamol inhaler (asthma) | 0.38 (0.08) | 0.37 (0.09) | 0.57 (0.09) | 0.43 (0.09) | 0.55 (0.09) | 0.109 |
Probability medicine purchased in private sector | ||||||
Hypertension | 0.49 (0.06) | 0.40 (0.07) | 0.50 (0.06) | 0.59 (0.06) | 0.67 (0.05) | 0.009 |
Diabetes | 0.41 (0.12) | 0.32 (0.09) | 0.48 (0.10) | 0.50 (0.09) | 0.61 (0.09) | 0.042 |
Asthma | 0.36 (0.07) | 0.45 (0.09) | 0.65 (0.11) | 0.72 (0.09) | 0.67 (0.11) | 0.001 |
All data are mean values with SD provided in parentheses.
HCTZ, hydrochlorothiazide.