Table 1. Availability of Naloxone Without a Physician’s Prescription in California Pharmaciesa.
No. (%) [95% CI] | P Valuec | |||
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All Pharmacies | Pharmacist-Furnished Naloxone Availableb | Pharmacist-Furnished Naloxone Not Available | ||
Overall | 1147 (100.0) | 269 (23.5) [21.0-26.0] | 878 (76.5) [74.0-79.0] | |
Pharmacy type | ||||
Chain | 759 (66.2) [63.4-68.9] | 240 (31.6) [28.3-35.1] | 519 (68.4) [64.9-71.7] | <.001 |
Independent | 388 (33.8) [31.1-36.6] | 29 (7.5) [5.1-10.6] | 359 (92.5) [89.4-94.9] | |
Settingd | ||||
Urban/urban cluster | 1132 (98.7) [97.9-99.3] | 263 (23.2) [20.8-25.8] | 869 (76.8) [74.1-79.2] | .13 |
Rural | 15 (1.3) [0.7-2.2] | 6 (40) [16.3-67.7] | 9 (60) [32.3-83.7] |
There were 1209 sampled pharmacies available for inclusion. Data were not collected from 62 sampled pharmacies for the following reasons: closed door (n = 33), permanently closed (n = 6), specialty pharmacy (n = 5), medical supply (n = 5), no contact after 3 attempts (n = 4), part of closed health center (n = 3), no working telephone number (n = 2), pet pharmacy (n = 2), mail order (n = 1), and telepharmacy (n = 1).
Survey question: “I heard that you can get naloxone from a pharmacy without a prescription from your doctor. Can I do that at your pharmacy?”
By Pearson χ2 test for independence.
Urbanity was determined using the 2010 Census of Population and Housing.6