Evidence on Access to Medicines for Chronic Diseases from Household Surveys in Five low- and Middle-income Countries

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dc.contributor.authorVialle-Valentin, Catherine E.
dc.contributor.authorSerumaga, Brian
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Anita K.
dc.contributor.authorRoss-Degnan, Dennis
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T18:28:13Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T18:28:13Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe 2011 United Nations (UN) General Assembly Political Declaration on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) brought NCDs to the global health agenda. Essential medicines are central to treating chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Our study aimed to quantify access to essential medicines for people with chronic conditions in five low- and middle-income countries and to evaluate how household socioeconomic status and perceptions about medicines availability and affordability influence access. We analysed data for 1867 individuals with chronic diseases from national surveys (Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines and Uganda) conducted in 2007–10 using a standard World Health Organization (WHO) methodology to measure medicines access and use. We defined individuals as having access to medicines if they reported regularly taking medicine for a diagnosed chronic disease and data collectors found a medicine indicated for that disease in their homes. We used logistic regression models accounting for the clustered survey design to investigate determinants of keeping medicines at home and predictors of access to medicines for chronic diseases. Less than half of individuals previously diagnosed with a chronic disease had access to medicines for their condition in every country, from 16% in Uganda to 49% in Jordan. Other than reporting a chronic disease, higher household socioeconomic level was the most significant predictor of having any medicines available at home. The likelihood of having access to medicines for chronic diseases was higher for those with medicines insurance coverage [highest adjusted odds ratio (OR) 3.12 (95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.38, 7.07)] and lower for those with past history of borrowing money to pay for medicines [lowest adjusted OR 0.56 (95% CI: 0.34, 0.92)]. Our study documents poor access to essential medicines for chronic conditions in five resource-constrained settings. It highlights the importance of financial risk protection and consumer education about generic medicines in global efforts towards improving treatment of chronic diseases.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVialle-Valentin, C. E., Serumaga, B., Wagner, A. K., & Ross-Degnan, D. (2015). Evidence on access to medicines for chronic diseases from household surveys in five low-and middle-income countries. Health policy and planning, 30(8), 1044-1052.https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czu107en_US
dc.identifier.issn1460-2237
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/9279
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHealth policy and planningen_US
dc.subjectResource-constrained settingsen_US
dc.subjectAccess to medicinesen_US
dc.subjectMedicines insurance coverageen_US
dc.subjectHousehold surveysen_US
dc.subjectNon-communicable diseasesen_US
dc.titleEvidence on Access to Medicines for Chronic Diseases from Household Surveys in Five low- and Middle-income Countriesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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