Accessibility crisis of essential medicines at Sudanese primary healthcare facilities: a cross-sectional drugs' dispensaries assessment and patients' perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to essential medicines is a critical component of universal health coverage. However, the availability of essential medicines in Sudan isn't well studied. As well, most Sudanese people lack health insurance, making out-of-pocket spending the primary source of drug financing. Therefore, the affordability of medicines in Sudan is questionable, with only 30% of the total population being covered by a public health service or public health insurance. We undertook this study to assess the availability and prices of essential medicines in public-sector health facilities in Khartoum state. Moreover, this study aims at assessing patients' perceived affordability of essential medicines, and accommodation and acceptability of the public facility.

Methods

A cross-sect

SUBMITTER: Hemmeda L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10583350 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature