Table 7-3. – Healthcare indicators and access to health services of adults with arterial hypertension according to gender. National Health Survey, Brazil, 2019.

Indicators		Total				Sex
	%	95%CI	Male (A)		Female (B)		Adjusted PR (B/A)	95%CI
			%	95%CI	%	95%CI
Prescribed medication	95.4	94.9; 95.8	938	92.9; 94.5	96.5	95.9; 97.0	1.02	1.01; 1.03
Use of medication in the previous two weeks	86.9	86.1; 87.7	831	81.7; 84.5	89.6	88.6; 90.5	1.06	1.04; 1.08
At least one medication from the “We Have a Popular Pharmacy Here” program	45.1	43.6; 46.5	437	41.7; 45.7	46.0	44.3; 47.7	1.03	0.98; 1.08
Received medical care for hypertension within the last year	72.2	71.1; 73.3	68.9	67.3; 70.5	74.5	73.1; 75.8	1.07	1.04; 1.11
Had the last physician appointment at an UBS	45.8	44.4; 47.2	41.8	39.7; 43.9	48.5	46.9; 50.2	1.11	1.05; 1.17
Had an appointment with the same physician as in the previous appointments	51.9	50.6; 53.3	52.3	50.3; 54.3	51.7	49.8; 53.5	0.99	0.94; 1.05
Appointments with a specialist	49.0	47.6; 50.4	49.5	47.4; 51.5	48.6	46.8; 50.5	1.01	0.96; 1.07
Referral for a specialist	79.1	76.8; 81.1	78.6	75.0; 81.8	79.3	76.5; 82.0	1.01	0.96; 1.06
Hospitalization for hypertension or a complication	15.0	14.2; 15.9	13.6	12.4; 15.0	15.9	14.8; 17.1	1.14	1.01; 1.28
Intense or very intense degree of limitation of daily living activities	3.0	2.7; 3.4	3.1	2.5; 3.7	3.0	2.6; 3.5	0.93	0.73; 1.17

CI: Confidence Interval; PR: Prevalence Ratio; UBS: Basic Healthcare Unit. The reference category used was ‘male’. Source: Malta et al. ²⁶¹