Table 3. Acquisition of medicines by SUS according to sociodemographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, and health conditions. São Paulo, Brazil, 2003 and 2015.
| Acquisition of medicines by SUS 2003* | Acquisition of medicines by SUS 2015** | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) | p-value | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR*** | % (n) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR*** | |
| Age, years | ||||||||
| 20-39 | 27.36 (51) | 0.8038 | 1 | 1 | 26.22 (66) | 0.0013 | 1 | 1 |
| 40-59 | 26.58 (41) | 1.04 (0.57-1.91) | 1.03 (0.54-1.96) | 37.8 (164) | 1.71 (1.70-2.50) | 0.76 (0.44-1.32) | ||
| ≥60 | 27.39 (184) | 1.17 (0.75-1.82) | 1.47 (0.87-2.43) | 40.87 (333) | 1.94 (1.32-2.86) | 0.65 (0.35-1.28) | ||
| Sex | 0.3674 | 0.3413 | ||||||
| Female | 27.64 (171) | 1 | 1 | 37.72 (190) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Male | 24.01 (105) | 0.83 (0.54-1.25) | 0.94 (0.61-1.45) | 34.91 (373) | 0.91 (0.87-1.41) | 0.87 (0.45-1.52) | ||
| Ethnicity | 0.002 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Non-white | 38.79 (125) | 1 | 1 | 40.90 (118) | 1 | 1 | ||
| White | 21.65 (150) | 0.43 (0.28-0.67) | 0.58 (036-0.94) | 32.15 (127) | 0.64 (0.42-0.76) | 1.00 (0.86-1.11) | ||
| Years of study | 0.0005 | <0.001 | ||||||
| 0-7 | 42.18 (134) | 1 | 1 | 55.87 (276) | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8-11 | 27.73 (128) | 0.20 (0.08-0.46) | 0.31 (0.12-0.78) | 45.39 (99) | 0.63 (0.46-0.87) | 0.57 (0.36-0.91) | ||
| ≥12 | 12.98 (12) | 0.52 (0.36-0.75) | 0.55 (0.37-0.81) | 23.93 (181) | 0.25 (0.19-0.33) | 0.26 (0.12-0.51) | ||
| Income (minimum wage) | 0.0053 | <0.001 | ||||||
| <1 | 33.82 (56) | 1 | 1 | 44.5 (347) | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 36.94 (106) | 1.15 (0.63-2.07) | 0.53 (0.26-1.19) | 33.65 (133) | 0.63 (0.43-0.91) | 0.64 (0.40-1.00 | ||
| 2-4 | 26.85 (77) | 0.72 (0.38-1.35) | 0.69 (0.36-1.32) | 22.27 (57) | 0.36 (0.25-0.49) | 0.73 (0.42-1.24) | ||
| ≥5 | 17.17 (37) | 0.40 (0.19-0.83) | 0.95 (0.52-1.74) | 17.68 (26) | 0.27 (0.16-0.46) | 0.54 (0.24-1.20) | ||
| Chronic disease | 0.1753 | 0.0036 | ||||||
| Yes | 27.85 (248) | 1 | 1 | 21.91 (26) | 1 | 1 | ||
| No | 21.45 (28) | 0.71 (0.42-1.17) | 0.86 (0.50-1.47) | 37.40 (537) | 2.10 (1.30-3.84) | 2.19 (1.40-3.45) | ||
| Acute disease | 0.0523 | 0.7181 | ||||||
| Yes | 32.03 (111) | 1 | 1 | 36.36 (387) | 1 | 1 | ||
| No | 22.59 (165) | 0.62 (0.38-1.00) | 0.68 (0.40-1.14) | 35.11 (176) | 0.97 (0.76-1.30) | 1.00 (0.70-1.95) | ||
*
Acquisition of medicines by SUS among the population who used medication in 2003. n=276.
**
Acquisition of medicines by SUS among the population who used medication in 2015. n=563.
***
Adjusted OR: Adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, income, education, and Chronic Disease and Acute Disease.OR, odds ratio; SUS, Brazilian Unified Health System.