Investigation on Household Medication-Taking Behavior and Affordability Among Patients Under Chronic Condition: A Survey Study in Gansu Province, China.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to investigate the household medication-taking behavior and affordability of patients with chronic diseases in Gansu Province. As well as to propose suggestions to assist improvement of related policies.

Methods

A multistage stratified cluster sampling technique was used to select the research sites and households according to the WHO manual for the "Household Survey to Measure Access and Use of Medicines". The impact factors of medication-taking behavior were estimated using binary logistic regression models. Medication treatment affordability of hypertension patients was evaluated.

Results

A total of 1,080 completed questionnaires were collected, in which 690 families reported to have chronic patients in their home. The total number of chronic d

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472568 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature