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. 2016 Jan 22;31(1):97–112. doi: 10.1002/hpm.2336

Table 3.

Medication access among Syrian refugee children in Jordan

Survey total (N = 1037)
%95 CI
By region Regional comparison p‐value
North (n = 505)
%95 CI
Central (n = 474)
%95 CI
South (n = 58)
%95 CI
Prescribed medication during most recent health facility visit 88.6 [86.1, 90.7] 86.7 [82.5, 90.1] 90.9 [87.9, 93.3] 86.2 [75.8, 92.6] 0.623
By facility type*
Public facility 84.8 [81.0, 88.0] 82.1 [75.6, 87.1] 88.0 [83.5, 91.4] 84.6 [69.1, 93.1] 0.208
Private facility 94.7 [92.2, 96.4] 94.7 [90.1, 97.2] 95.3 [92.0, 97.2] 88.9 [64.5, 97.2] 0.472
Charity facility 87.0 [77.9, 92.6] 88.6 [78.5, 94.3] 81.0 [57.0, 93.2] 100 0.819
Able to obtain all medications prescribed at most recent visit** n = 919 n = 439 n = 431 n = 49
90.6 [88.6, 92.3] 90.4 [87.7, 92.6] 91.4 [88.0, 93.9] 86.0 [78.4, 91.2] 0.733
Reason for not obtaining medications*** n = 85 n = 41 n = 37 n = 7
Medication out of stock at public facility 52.9 [41.6, 63.9] 56.1 [39.2, 71.7] 48.6 [33.4, 64.2] 57.1 [16.4, 90.1] 0.948
Could not afford the medication 37.6 [27.6, 48.9] 31.7 [19.1, 47.7] 43.2 [28.1, 59.8] 42.9 [9.9, 83.6]
Medication out of stock at private pharmacy 3.5 [1.1, 10.4] 4.9 [1.3, 17.0] 2.7 [0.4, 17.5] 0
Chose a different treatment 1.2 [0.2, 8.1] 0 2.7 [0.4, 17.5] 0
Decided medicines were not needed 1.2 [0.2, 8.1] 2.4 [0.3, 15.9] 0 0
Purchasing medication was not a priority 1.2 [0.2, 8.1] 2.4 [0.3, 15.9] 0 0
Other 2.4 [0.6, 8.9] 2.4 [0.3, 15.2] 2.7 [0.4, 16.7] 0

CI, confidence interval.

*

Per cent of household index cases that received care at this facility type.

**

Per cent of household index cases prescribed medication.

***

Per cent of household index cases that did not obtain prescribed medication.