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Table 4
Quality indicators and out-of-pocket drug expenditures, by type of self-reported financial barrier, household population aged 40 or older,^Note † Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, 2012

Table 4
Quality indicators and out-of-pocket drug expenditures, by type of self-reported financial barrier, household population aged 40 or older, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Quality indicators and out-of-pocket drug expenditures. The information is grouped by Type of barrier (appearing as row headers), Quality indicator, Appropriate statin use, Appropriate ASA use, Stopped taking prescribed medication, Chronic-disease-related hospitalization or emergency department visit, Mean out-of-pocket drug expenditures, %, 95 % confidence interval, $ and p-value (appearing as column headers).
Type of barrier	Quality indicator												Mean out-of-pocket drug expenditures
	Appropriate statin use			Appropriate ASA use			Stopped taking prescribed medication			Chronic-disease-related hospitalization or emergency department visit			Mean out-of-pocket drug expenditures
	%	95 % confidence interval		%	95 % confidence interval		%	95 % confidence interval		%	95 % confidence interval		$	95 % confidence interval		p-value
	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to	$	from	to	p-value
Total	48.2	44.1	52.3	49.2	45	53.4	12.9	9.9	15.9	9.2	7.2	11.3	539	474	605	Note ...: not applicable
General financial barrier
Yes	52.5	40.6	64.5	52.6	40.7	64.5	19.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.9	29.7	17.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	10.4	24.5	1,077	666	1,488	p = 0.004
No	47.6	43.3	51.9	48.7	44.1	53.2	12.0	8.8	15.2	7.8	5.6	10.1	466	412	521	p = 0.004
Financial barrier to medications
Yes	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	71.3	49.5	93.1	37.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	14.7	60.7	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	900	408	1392	p = 0.139
No	49.3	45.2	53.4	48.2	43.9	52.4	11.9	8.8	14.9	8.7	6.6	10.8	524	457	591	p = 0.139
Drug insurance
Yes	50.1	45.6	54.6	50.4	45.9	54.9	12.9	9.6	16.2	9.1	6.9	11.3	480	412	548	p = 0.003
No	36.2	27.1	45.4	41.4	32	50.9	13.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	6.5	20.1	8.2	3.3	13.1	894	639	1,149	p = 0.003
... not applicable ^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note † reported diagnosis of diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and/or stroke Return to note † referrer Source: 2012 Barriers to Care for People with Chronic Health Conditions Survey.

Date modified:: 2015-11-27