Table 3.

Input indicators of access to medicine

Main index	Sub-index	Collecting Frequency	Collecting Level	Source of Data
Physical availability and geographical accessibility	Number of centers providing medicine	Annually	Provincial / National	IrFDA
	Number of urban pharmacies per every 100,000 population	Annually	Provincial / National	IrFDA
	Number of 24 h urban pharmacies per every 100,000 population	Annually	Provincial / National	IrFDA
Human resources	Number of pharmacists per every 1000 population	Annually	Provincial / National	Iran Medical Council / Iran Pharmacists Association
	Concentration of pharmacists and Pharmaceutical technicians per district	Annually	Provincial	Iran Medical Council / Iran Pharmacists Association
	Concentration of Pharmaceutical human resources based on sort of work group per every 10,000 population	Annually	Provincial / National	Iran Medical Council / Iran Pharmacists Association

IrFDA Iran food and drug administration