Table 2. Reasons of purchase and responsible individuals of the recommendation to purchase medicines which require medical prescription in Peru without prescription, Encuesta Nacional de Satisfacción de Usuarios en Salud (ENSUSALUD) 2016 (N=1892).
| Medicines which require
a medical prescription |
|
|---|---|
| Questions | n
(weighted %) |
| Why did you purchase medicines without medical prescription? * | |
| They delay too much to make an appointment to health care in a
health center |
528 (26.9) |
| They delay too much to for a health care in a health center | 420 (21.5) |
| Pains are not so serious to go to a physician | 431 (20.6) |
| I do not have money to go to a health center | 12 (0.7) |
| I do not have a health insurance | 179 (10.1) |
| I prefer not to pay for an appointment | 148 (8.2) |
| I think I have enough knowledge to treat myself | 114 (6.2) |
| I took this medicine previously | 557 (31.6) |
| I do not trust in prescriptions of physicians | 6 (0.2) |
| The pharmacy personnel recommends a good treatment | 234 (11.0) |
| Other | 38 (2.1) |
| Who recommended you the medicines? | |
| Nobody, I took them by a personal decision | 208 (9.7) |
| Relative(s) | 212 (11.7) |
| Friend(s) | 56 (3.1) |
| Neighbor(s) | 3 (0.1) |
| Recall of a previous prescription | 469 (25.9) |
| Salesperson of pharmacy/pharmacist | 751 (38.3) |
| Non-medical health personnel (nurse, technician, etc.) | 173 (9.0) |
| Healer/herbalist/bonesetter | 3 (0.2) |
| Other | 17 (2.0) |
*Question of multiple answer