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. 2018 Nov 13;320(18):1933–1934. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.12291

Table 1. Availability of Naloxone Without a Physician’s Prescription in California Pharmaciesa.

No. (%) [95% CI] P Valuec
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]
a

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).

b

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?”

c

By Pearson χ2 test for independence.

d

Urbanity was determined using the 2010 Census of Population and Housing.6