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Table 6 Expenditure on medicines by Asset index (US$)

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

 

Poorest 40%

Middle 40%

Richest 20%

 

Mean US$

Median US$

Mean US$

Median US$

Mean US$

Median US$

How much money did you spend on these medicines? a

7.7

3.9

9.4

5.6

13.4

6.6

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

1.0

0.7

1.5

0.3

1.1

0

How much money did you give to the Family Doctor? c

1.7

1.0

1.4

0.7

1.2

0.66

Did you give any non-monetary gifts to the Family Doctor? What was the approximate value of the gift? d

0.3

-

0.6

-

0.2

0

  1. a Kruskal Wallis Test = 18.412 p = ..000; b Kruskal Wallis Test = 4.910 p = .086; c Kruskal Wallis Test = 4.302 p = .116; d Kruskal Wallis Test = 9.635 p = .008