Table 2.

Availability of medicines

	Wealth quintile					P values
	Q1 (poorest)	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5 (least poor)
Distance to health facilities (km)
Nearest facility	8.11 (1.56)	9.01 (1.33)	5.25 (0.93)	5.88 (1.46)	5.22 (1.22)	0.050
Nearest public facility	10.98 (1.48)	12.89 (1.67)	9.69 (1.27)	10.52 (2.05)	9.44 (1.36)	0.285
Nearest non-profit facility	13.56 (2.20)	12.59 (1.88)	6.95 (0.87)	7.92 (1.27)	6.70 (1.09)	0.002
Probability nearest facility is public	0.54 (0.08)	0.37 (0.08)	0.30 (0.07)	0.30 (0.07)	0.29 (0.07)	0.020
Probability medicine available at nearest facility
HCTZ (hypertension)	0.20 (0.07)	0.25 (0.08)	0.20 (0.07)	0.22 (0.07)	0.27 (0.09)	0.624
Metformin (diabetes)	0.73 (0.08)	0.71 (0.08)	0.67 (0.10)	0.75 (0.08)	0.74 (0.08)	0.752
Salbutamol inhaler (asthma)	0.38 (0.08)	0.37 (0.09)	0.57 (0.09)	0.43 (0.09)	0.55 (0.09)	0.109
Probability medicine purchased in private sector
Hypertension	0.49 (0.06)	0.40 (0.07)	0.50 (0.06)	0.59 (0.06)	0.67 (0.05)	0.009
Diabetes	0.41 (0.12)	0.32 (0.09)	0.48 (0.10)	0.50 (0.09)	0.61 (0.09)	0.042
Asthma	0.36 (0.07)	0.45 (0.09)	0.65 (0.11)	0.72 (0.09)	0.67 (0.11)	0.001

All data are mean values with SD provided in parentheses.

HCTZ, hydrochlorothiazide.