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Table 1 Participants in “Farmácia Popular is Available Here” program by gender, age, region, and specific coverage. Brazil, 2006 to 2012

From: Hypertension and diabetes treatment affordability and government expenditures following changes in patient cost sharing in the “Farmácia popular” program in Brazil: an interrupted time series study

Variables

Diabetes

Hypertension

Age (n; mean (SD))

 Total

6,059,643

55 (15)

14,447,006

56 (15)

Gender (n, %)a

 Female

3,618,239

59.7%

8,666,405

60.0%

 Male

2,425,635

40.0%

5,738,940

39.7%

Region (n, %)

 North

169,525

2.8%

470,286

3.3%

 Northeast

852,271

14.1%

2,127,680

14.7%

 Southeast

3,790,268

62.5%

8,333,436

57.7%

 South

887,754

14.7%

2,566,954

17.8%

 West-Center

359,825

5.9%

948,650

6.6%

Coverage1

Number of individuals in the FP

Annual coverage

Number of individuals in the FP

Annual coverage

2006

186,286

3.2%

348,903

1.6%

2007

746,279

11.2%

1,554,871

6.1%

2008

1,251,049

16.7%

2,711,688

9.7%

2009

1,300,919

17.4%

2,765,155

9.8%

2010

1,041,056

12.9%

2,039,368

7.1%

2011

2,682,000

33.2%

7,008,960

24.3%

2012

3,755,010

40.6%

9,487,841

32.6%

Coverage2

Average individuals per year

Average Monthly coverage

Average individuals per year

Average Monthly coverage

2006

52,004

0.9%

101,945

0.5%

2007

150,409

2.3%

320,338

1.2%

2008

280,316

3.7%

670,006

2.4%

2009

290,382

3.9%

667,345

2.4%

2010

254,860

3.2%

538,718

1.9%

2011

715,403

8.9%

1,722,162

6.0%

2012

1,200,509

13.0%

3,330,403

11.5%

  1. Coverage 1. Numerator is the number of individuals with at least one dispensing within the year (individuals do not repeat)
  2. Coverage 2. Numerator is the average monthly individuals in each year (sum of individuals in each month within 1 year divided by 12 months) (the same individual can be count in different months in the same year)
  3. For both coverage indicators the denominator is the estimate prevalence for each disease, which means the number of individuals that should be under treatment. (Brazilian Basic Indicators - http://tabnet.datasus.gov.br/cgi/idb2012/matriz.htm)
  4. aGender missing Diabetes 0.26% Hypertension 0.29%