Indicators of physical accessibility of antihypertensive medications

% of users with antihypertensive prescriptions who did not have access to their medication within the previous 30 days (n = 120)

14.1

(n = 17)

% of prescriptions for antihypertensive medications for which the recipient encountered some degree of difficulty in acquiring their medication (n = 198)

27.7

(n = 55)

% of the recipients who sought antihypertensive medication sat a pharmacy and could NOT obtain all the drugs they needed

SUS pharmacy (n = 68)

32.3

(n = 22)

Private pharmacy (n = 95)

7.4

(n = 7)

“People’s Pharmacy” (n = 62)

17.7

(n = 11)

% of prescriptions for antihypertensive medications for which the recipient did not find the drug at the pharmacy (n = 163)

SUS pharmacy

12.8

(n = 21)

Private pharmacy

2.4

(n = 4)

“People’s Pharmacy”

4.9

(n = 8)

% of responses that antihypertensive medications were not available at the pharmacy, including the responses “sometimes missing”, ”almost always missing” and “always missing”

SUS pharmacy (n = 67)

83.6

(n = 56)

Private pharmacy (n = 94)

14.9

(n = 14)

“People’s Pharmacy” (n = 60)

33.3

(n = 20)

Indicators of financial accessibility of antihypertensive medications

% of drugs for which recipient had to pay (n = 215)

35.3

(n = 76)

% of users who considered the price of medications “expensive” or “very expensive” (n = 120)

53.3

(n = 64)

% of users who did not take their medications because they were unable to pay for them (n = 120)

19.1

(n = 23)

% of users who stated that during the previous year they had been unable to buy a daily necessity, had to take out a loan or had to sell something to pay for costs incurred because of a health problem (n = 120)

12.5

(n = 15)

Indicators of geographical accessibility of antihypertensive medications

% of users who did NOT consider it “difficult” to get to the pharmacy

SUS pharmacy (n = 68)

64.7

(n = 44)

Private pharmacy (n = 93)

81.7

(n = 76)

“People’s Pharmacy” (n = 59)

81.4

(n = 48)

% of users who did not go to collect drugs because of difficulty of getting to pharmacy

SUS pharmacy (n = 68)

4.4

(n = 3)

Private pharmacy (n = 94)

4.2

(n = 4)

“People’s Pharmacy” (n = 61)

3.3

(n = 2)

% of users who walk to pharmacy

SUS pharmacy (n = 68)

64.7

(n = 44)

Private pharmacy (n = 94)

75.6

(n = 71)

“People’s Pharmacy” (n = 61)

70.5

(n = 43)

% of users who considered the pharmacy a long distance away

SUS pharmacy (n = 68)

14.7

(n = 10)

Private pharmacy (n = 94)

3.2

(n = 3)

“People’s Pharmacy” (n = 61)

1.6

(n = 1)

Indicators of acceptability of and satisfaction with antihypertensive medications

% of antihypertensive medications administered with which recipients stated they were satisfied (n = 203)

93.1

(n = 189)

% of antihypertensive medications administered with which recipients reported some type of discomfort or health problem related to taking the medication (n = 215)

4.7

(n = 10)