Affordability of Essential Medicines and Associated Factors in Public Health Facilities of Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Affordability of a single course of treatment in days’ wage of an LPGW for some disease conditions in Jimma Zone public health facilities, May 2018.

S/N	Disease conditions	Drug name, strength, and dosage forms	Standard Rx schedule	Affordability in days of wage
1	Adult pneumonia	Amoxicillin 500 mg cap	1 caps x3/day x7 = 21 caps	0.69
2	Pediatric pneumonia	Cotrimoxazole 240 mg/5 ml suspension	5 ml x 2/day for 7 days = 70 ml	0.51
3	Bronchial asthma	Salbutamol 0.1 mg/dose	1 inhaler of 200 doses	1.50
4	Diabetic mellitus	Glibenclamide 5 mg cap	1 tab x 2/day for 30 days = 60 tabs	0.56
5	Hypertension	Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg tab	1 tab x1/day x30 = 30 tabs	0.93
6	Gardiasis	Metronidazole 250 mg cap	2 caps x 3/day x 7 days = 42 caps	1.05
7	Arthritis	Diclofenac 50 mg tab	1 tab x 2/day for 30 days = 60 tabs	0.42
8	PUD	Omeprazole 20 mg cap	1 cap x1/day for 30 days = 30 caps	0.52
9	UTI	Norfloxacillin 400 mg tab	1 tab x2/day x7 = 14 tabs	0.56
		Cotrimoxazole 480 mg tab	2 tabs x2/day x7 = 28 tabs	0.91
10	Skin and subcutaneous tissue infection	Cloxacillin 250 mg tab	2 caps x4/day x7 = 56 caps	1.19
11	Helminthiasis	Albendazole 400 mg tab	1 tab stat	0.45
12	Typhoid fever	Ciprofloxacillin 500 mg tab	1 tab x2/day x7 = 14 tabs	0.56
		Ceftriaxone 1 gm Iv, vial	1 vial x1/day x 7 = 7 vials	3.66
		Chloramphenicol 250 mg cap	2 caps x4/day x7 = 56 caps	1.74
Average days’ wage				1.02