Affordability of Essential Medicines and Associated Factors in Public Health Facilities of Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia
Table 3
Bivariate analysis of factors associated with perceived affordability of essential medicines in public health facilities of the Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.
Variable
Not affordable
Affordable
value
95% CI for COR
Name
Category
N (%)
N (%)
Age
18–29
117 (65.7%)
61 (34.3%)
0.397
(0.793,3.086)
30–44
154 (61.8%)
95 (38.2%)
0.066
(1.260,3.569)
45–64
74 (39.8%)
49 (60.2%)
0.056
(1.382,4.018)
≥65
42 (75%)
14 (25%)
1
Marital status
Single
138 (68.3%)
64 (31.7%)
0.048
(1.008,4.236)
Married
168 (54.7%)
139 (45.3%)
0.000
(1.846,7.359)
Divorced
32 (86.5%)
5 (13.5%)
0.536
(0.221,2.192)
Widowed
49 (81.7%)
11 (18.3%)
1
Sex
Female
183 (64.9%)
99 (35.1%)
0.622
1
Male
204 (63%)
120 (37%)
(0.780,1.516)
Educational status
No education
166 (73.8%)
59 (26.2%)
0.303
1
Primary
103 (66%)
53 (34%)
0.124
(0.928,2.259)
Secondary
90 (66.2%)
46 (33.8%)
0.000
(1.015,2.285)
College and above
28 (31.5%)
61 (68.5%)
(3.583,10.487)
Occupational status
Farmer
120 (77.9%)
34 (22.1%)
0.000
1
Merchant
50 (37.0%)
85 (63.0%)
0.551
(3.579,10.059)
Student
52 (74.3%)
18 (25.7%)
0.956
(0.633,2.358)
House wife
79 (78.2%)
22 (21.8%)
0.000
(0.536,1.803)
Government employee
23 (31.9%)
49 (68.1%)
0.195
(4.025,14.045)
Daily laborer
54 (85.7%)
9 (14.3%)
0.763
(0.164,0.912)
Others+
9 (81.8%)
2 (18.2%)
(0.162,3.803)
Place of residence
Rural
285 (73.1%)
105 (26.9%)
0.000
1
Urban
102 (47.3%)
114 (52.7%)
(2.141,4.298)
Number of economically dependent family members
None
55 (71.4%)
22 (28.6%)
0.398
(0.716,2.318)
One
42 (51.9%)
39 (48.1%)
0.000
(1.744,5.126)
Two
44 (51.8%)
41 (48.2%)
0.000
(1.765,5.101)
Three
44 (54.3%)
37 (45.7%)
0.000
(1.578,4.647)
Four
41 (57.7%)
30 (42.3%)
0.003
(1.335,4.157)
More than four
161 (76.3%)
50 (23.7%)
1
Estimated monthly income in USD
10–50$
210 (75.8%)
67 (24.2%)
0.007
1
51–115$
133 (64.6%)
73 (35.4%)
0.000
(1.157, 2.557)
116–170$
21 (30.9%)
47 (69.1%)
0.000
(3.915,12.571)
171–225$
15 (40.0%)
25 (62.5%)
0.060
(2.603,10.485)
>225$
8 (53.3%)
7 (46.7%)
(1.959,7.845)
Level of the health facility
Hospital
108 (78.3%)
29 (21.7%)
0.000
1
HC
279 (59.5%)
190 (40.5%)
(1.618,3.975)
Number of dispensed medicines per patient
≤2
153 (49.4%)
157 (50.6%)
0.000
1
>2
234 (79.1%)
62 (20.9%)
(0.181,0.369)
Length of Rx for diagnosed diseases
Rx requires ≥1 month
65 (68.4%)
30 (31.6%)
0.314
1
Rx requires <1 month
322 (63%)
189 (37%)
(0.796,2.032)
Candidate variables with . +Others like private employees and NGO employees.
