Table 1. Prevalence of free access to all medicines for adults and older adults who have had full access to the treatment of chronic diseases, according to socioeconomic and demographic variables. PNAUM, Brazil, 2014.
| Variable | Prevalence of free access to all medicines | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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| %a | 95%CI | Pb | |
| Demographic Characteristics | |||
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| Sex | < 0.001 | ||
| Male | 51.4 | 48.1–54.8 | |
| Female | 45.3 | 42.9–47.8 | |
| Age (years) | 0.001 | ||
| 20-39 | 41.2 | 35.9–46.8 | |
| 40-59 | 51.1 | 48.1–54.2 | |
| ≥ 60 | 46.0 | 43.0–49.0 | |
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| Socioeconomic characteristics | |||
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| Education (years of schooling) | 0.933 | ||
| 0-8 | 47.5 | 44.6–50.6 | |
| 9-11 | 47.0 | 43.7–50.4 | |
| ≥ 12 | 47.9 | 43.6–52.2 | |
| Economic classification (ABEP)c | < 0.001 | ||
| A/B | 35.8 | 32.6–39.2 | |
| C | 50.5 | 47.7–53.3 | |
| D/E | 53.9 | 50.2–57.7 | |
| Region of the country | 0.074 | ||
| North | 53.0 | 47.0–58.9 | |
| Northeast | 43.4 | 40.1–46.7 | |
| Southeast | 49.0 | 44.8–53.3 | |
| South | 47.8 | 44.0–51.6 | |
| Midwest | 44.8 | 41.1–48.5 | |
| Has health plan | < 0.001 | ||
| Yes | 27.6 | 24.9–30.5 | |
| No | 55.7 | 53.1–58.1 | |
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| Total | 47.5 | 45.1–50.0 | |
a Percentages weighted by sample weights and post-stratification according to age and sex.
b Pearson’s Chi-squared test.
c Associação Brasileira das Empresas Brasileiras (ABEP). Critério de classificação econômica Brasil. São Paulo: ABEP; 2013. Available from: http://www.abep.org