Table 2.
Access to and rational use of medicines
| Parameters | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Physical availability (N = 19 tracer medicines) | 93% | |
| Presence of expired medicines | 0% | |
| Stock-out of medicines (in last 6 months to 1 year period) | 1.04 days | |
| People living at a distance of less than one hour from the health facility | 67% | |
| Waiting time for health services users in health facility | ||
| Less than 30 min | 100% | |
| More than 30 min | 0% | |
| Affordability (basic medicines were available for free) | ||
| Number of days of work missed due to illness | 2 days | |
| Loss of pay due to illness | USD 5.42 | |
| Acceptability | ||
| Satisfaction with the recent health post visit | Yes | No |
| 54% | 46% | |
| Satisfaction with the medicines | 21% | 79% |
| Average number of medicines per prescription | 1.55 | |
| Percentage of medicines adequately labelled | 9% | |
| Percentage of prescription with antibiotics | 39% | |
| Percentage of health service users who knew how to use medicines dispensed to them | 96% | |