Table 2 Results of Patients’ Accessibility and Affordability Dimensions
N | N % | Mean (SD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
How do you perceive your access to your needed medications? | Full access | 168 | 26.7% | |
Partial access | 307 | 48.7% | ||
No access | 155 | 24.6% | ||
Is the primary healthcare center far from the patients’ house? | No | 203 | 32.2% | |
More or less | 104 | 16.5% | ||
Yes | 323 | 51.3% | ||
What is your mean of transport to reach the PHC center? | General | 184 | 29.2% | |
Walking | 314 | 49.8% | ||
Private | 90 | 14.3% | ||
Others | 42 | 6.7% | ||
Is it easy to find a transportation facility to go to the PHC center? | No | 27 | 14.6% | |
More or less | 19 | 10.3% | ||
Yes | 139 | 75.1% | ||
Are there any existing signs in the PHC center to find the medicines dispensing unit? | No | 152 | 27.6% | |
Yes | 399 | 72.4% | ||
Overall accessibility score | 3.7 (1.0) | |||
Were you ever not able to buy something important to cover expenses for any health problem? | Yes | 235 | 37.3% | |
No | 395 | 62.7% | ||
If yes, Were the medicines the problem that caused this expense | Yes | 187 | 79.6% | |
No | 48 | 20.4% | ||
Do you regard the medicines you buy as expensive | Yes | 304 | 48.3% | |
More or less | 99 | 15.7% | ||
No | 219 | 34.8% | ||
I got it for free | 8 | 1.3% | ||
Overall affordability score | 1.5 (1.1) | |||