Table 5 Affordability to buy GFSF compared with the amount spent on GFSF and the equivalised income based on local area prescription policy and self-reported prescription status
Affordability to buy GFSF | Estimated spending on GFSF per month (£) | Equivalised income (£) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Prescribing areas (n = 757) | Non-prescribing areas (n = 858) | Prescribing areas (n = 605) | Non-prescribing areas (n = 691) | ||||
N | Mean ± SD | N | Mean ± SD | N | Mean ± SD | N | Mean ± SD | |
Can comfortably buy GFSF I need | 430 | 30.95 ± 18.38 | 469 | 41.01 ± 23.26 | 335 | 30,640 ± 15,543 | 367 | 26,848 ± 14,791 |
Only just able to buy GFSF I need | 229 | 31.20 ± 18.07 | 289 | 45.68 ± 24.26 | 190 | 17,516 ± 12,098 | 237 | 16,270 ± 9,656 |
Cannot always afford to buy GFSF I need | 98 | 34.91 ± 21.61 | 100 | 40.12 ± 21.18 | 80 | 15,524 ± 9,055 | 87 | 13,321 ± 7,554 |
p value |  | 0.16 |  | < 0.001 |  | < 0.001 |  | < 0.001 |
|  | Self-report prescriptions (full & restricted) (n = 502) | Self-reported no prescriptions (n = 1013) | Self-reported prescriptions (full & restricted) (n = 405) | Self-reported no prescriptions (n = 815) | ||||
N | Mean ± SD | N | Mean ± SD | N | Mean ± SD | N | Mean ± SD | |
Can comfortably buy GFSF I need | 279 | 28.45 ± 17.68 | 570 | 39.79 ± 20.04 | 219 | 27,552 ± 14,138 | 445 | 29,401 ± 15,823 |
Only just able to buy GFSF I need | 157 | 29.56 ± 16.79 | 322 | 44.69 ± 24.30 | 134 | 16,876 ± 11,763 | 263 | 17,289 ± 10,536 |
Cannot always afford to buy GFSF I need | 66 | 34.47 ± 20.48 | 121 | 39.38 ± 21.47 | 52 | 14,229 ± 8,004 | 107 | 14,585 ± 8,710 |
p value |  | 0.048 |  | 0.03 |  | < 0.001 |  | < 0.001 |