Table 3.
Access to medicines situation in individual villages
| Dhampus SHP | Ghandruk HP | Manang HP | Rivan SHP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical availability (N = 19 tracer medicines) | |||
| 100% | 89% | 82% | 100% |
| Presence of expired medicines | |||
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Stock-out of medicines (in last 6 months to 1 year period) | |||
| 0 days | 3.13 days | NA | 0 days |
| People living at a distance of less than one hour from the health facility | |||
| 59% | 53% | 100% | 56% |
| Waiting time for health services users in health facility | |||
| Less than 30 min | |||
| 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Affordability (basic medicines were available for free) | |||
| Number of days of work missed due to illness | |||
| 1.23 days | 1.42 days | 1.5 days | 2 days |
| Loss of pay due to illness | |||
| USD 4.39 | USD 4.59 | USD 5.35 | USD7.35 |
| Acceptability | |||
| Satisfaction with the recent health post visit | |||
| Yes =53% | Yes =95% | Yes =0% | Yes =69% |
| No =47% | No =5% | No =100% | No =31% |
| Satisfaction with the quality of medicines | |||
| Yes =29% | Yes =37% | Yes =0% | Yes =20% |
| No =71% | No =63% | No =100% | No =80% |
| Average number of medicines per prescription | |||
| 1.58 | 1.47 | 1.5 | 1.68 |
| Percentage of medicines adequately labelled | |||
| 24% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| Percentage of prescription with antibiotics | |||
| 41% | 32% | 50% | 32% |
| Percentage of health service users who knew how to use medicines dispensed to them | |||
| 94% | 95% | 100% | 94% |