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Table 4 Access to medicines, expenditure (in US$) and payments to Family doctors

From: Access to medicines and out of pocket payments for primary care: Evidence from family medicine users in rural Tajikistan

 

N

%

Did you obtain the medicines prescribed by the Family Doctor?*

  

   Yes

572

83.3%

   No

115

16.7%

If you did not obtain (all) the prescription medicines, why not?**

  

   No pharmacy near by

13

11.2%

   No money

68

58.6%

   Pharmacy did not have medicine in stock

12

10.3%

   Did not feel I needed this medicine

4

3.4%

   Other

19

16.4%

Did you give any money to the Family Doctor?*

  

   Yes

396

45.0%

   No

484

55.0%

 

Mean (US$)

Median (US$)

How much money did you spend on these medicines?

9.3

4.9

How much money did you spend traveling to obtain these medicines?

1.2

0.7

How much money did you give to the Family Doctor?

1.6

0.9

What was the approximate value of the non monetary gifts to Family Doctor?

0.4

0

  1. *missing = 151;**missing = 45