Drug prescribing patterns at primary health care level and related out-of-pocket expenditures in Tajikistan

Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

Variable		Number	Percent
Number of respondents		1599	100
Gender	Female	1302	81.4
Gender	Male	297	18.6
Median Age		30
Median number of years of education		10
Region	RRS	575	36.0
Region	Khatlon	1024	64.0
Median number of visits to a FD in the past 12 months		4
Reasons to consult	Respiratory diseases	418	26.1
	Cardiovascular diseases	193	12.1
	Pregnancy	274	17.1
	Gastrointestinal diseases	156	9.8
	Diarrhoea	140	8.8
	Genitourinary diseases	132	8.2
	Diabetes	19	1.2
	Anaemia	83	5.2
	Injuries	43	2.7
	Skin disease	22	1.4
	Other	119	7.4

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