Drug Use and Purchasing Determinants in an Addis Ababa District
| dc.contributor.advisor | Zakus, David(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Belayneh, Alemayehu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-26T08:43:47Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T14:54:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-26T08:43:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T14:54:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study assesses the overall drug use pattern (with and without prescription) in an Addis Ababa community, potential drug sources, factors associated with increased drug consumption and purchasing following an illness episode. It employed a cross-sectional community-based survey of a sample of 1185 households, selected randomly from the source population of all 23 kebeles of the previous Yeka District of Addis Ababa. A structured questionnaire was developed, pretested and implemented for the purpose of the survey. The study showed that 85.2% of the studied sample population took somekind of drug (prescr ibed or nonprescribed) and 14.8% did nothing following an illness during the four week study period. Drug users and nonusers were compared with respect to demographic and socio-economic variables. The use was higher among children less than 5 years of age, in high income groups, and among those with higher average haelth care expenditure per episode. There was no sex difference observed in relation to drug taking with or without prescription. 86.9% and 84.1% of males and females, respectively, took drugs. Of these drug users, 95.5% took them with prescription and 4.5% without.It is believed that the high use rate of drug taking and vii spesifically drugs with prescription following an illness in the district might be explaind with the burden of morbidity in the district. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3639 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba Universty | en_US |
| dc.subject | Drug Use and Purchasing Determinants in an Addis Ababa District | en_US |
| dc.title | Drug Use and Purchasing Determinants in an Addis Ababa District | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |