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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: BJU Int. 2009 Jun 22;104(11):1680–1688. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08686.x

Table 3.

The prevalence of use (%) of medications for urological conditions by healthcare system factors among 5503 men and women in the BACH Survey

Men using Women using


Factor UI/OAB druga PBlS drugb LUTS/BPH drugc ED drugd UI/OAB druga PBlS drugb
Healthcare system factors
Health insurance
     Private 0.53 0.40 3.53 3.33 1.69 1.08
     Public 0.31 2.49 5.57 1.47 2.03 2.96
     None 0.84 0.51 0.98 0.74 0.67 1.27
     P 0.624 0.070 < 0.001 0.062 0.125 0.106
Regular care
     yes 0.70 0.94 4.14 2.57 1.75 1.76
     no 0.00 0.30 1.46 2.75 0.96 0.00
     P 0.012 0.083 0.008 0.918 0.436 < 0.001
N healthcare provider visits in last year
     0 0.00 0.32 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     1–4 0.12 0.34 2.78 2.11 0.76 0.66
     5–9 0.34 1.43 5.08 3.80 2.88 1.59
     ≥10 1.81 1.46 5.39 3.86 2.36 3.41
     P 0.040 0.263 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
When did you last see a healthcare provider?
     < 6 months 0.75 1.08 4.82 3.46 1.96 1.98
     6–12 months 0.07 0.00 0.95 1.30 0.53 0.00
     1–2 years 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     2–5 years 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     ≥5 years 0.00 1.55 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     P 0.154 0.025 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Reported trouble paying for healthcare/medications
     Yes 0.77 0.37 2.74 2.83 1.68 2.99
     No 0.49 0.88 3.68 2.57 1.71 1.35
     P 0.560 0.178 0.306 0.844 0.970 0.072

P values from overall chi-square test. Medications were:

a

oxybutynin, tolterodine tartrate, propantheline bromide, hyoscyamine sulphate, and flavoxate hydrochloride

b

pentosan polysulphate and amitriptyline

c

alfuzosin, doxazosin, tamsulosin, terazosin, and finasteride (no participant took dutasteride)

d

sildenafil, tadalafil, alprostadil, vardenafil, papaverine.