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Table 2 Baseline level and trend in monthly number of individuals per 100,000, MoH total expenditurec, expenditure per treatment percapitac, and out of pocket paymentc for diabetes and hypertension, and changes in level and trend by stage of the Farmácia Popular program, 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

 

Baseline

 

AFP II (April 2009)

SNP (February 2011)

Level

Trend

Mar-09

Level AFP II Change at the intervention

(95% CI)

Trend AFP II

(95% CI)

% relative change - AFP II

April 2010

Jan-11

Level SNP Change at the intervention

(95% CI)

Trend SNP

(95% CI)

% relative change SNP

February 2012

Diabetes

 Number of individualsa

0.60

0.12

2.42

−1.74

(− 2.19 to − 1.29)

− 0.11

(− 0.14 to − 0.08)

−73.6

1.16

4.58

(4.09 to 5.08)

0.32

(0.28 to 0.36)

615.6

 Total expenditureb

2.12

0.36

7.47

−4.42

(− 7.55 to − 1.29)

− 0.37

(− 0.58 to − 0.15)

−69.9

3.55

2.9

(− 0.35 to 6.16)

0.5

(0.3 to 0.8)

260.6

 Percentage MoH

81.33

− 0.32

76.47

−13.93

(− 15.87 to − 11.99)

0.33

(0.2 to 0.46)

−14.3

61.98

42.87

(40.85 to 44.89)

0

(− 0.16 to 0.16)

69.0

 Expenditure per treatment (percapita in reais)

33.07

−0.11

31.41

5.97

(−6.82 to 18.75)

−0.2

(−1.03 to 0.62)

12.4

30.88

−15.83

(− 28.67 to − 2.99)

0.49

(− 0.5 to 1.49)

−38.8

 Out of pocket payment

6.25

0.07

7.35

6.64

(4.0 to 9.27)

−0.21

(− 0.38 to − 0.03)

52.4

11.44

−12.27

(− 14.95 to − 9.59)

0.13

(− 0.08 to 0.34)

− 111.3

Hypertension

 Number of individualsa

0.73

0.31

5.42

−4.88

(−6.63 to − 3.12)

−0.3

(− 0.42 to − 0.17)

− 86.0

1.46

15.5

(13.59 to 17.41)

0.85

(0.7 to 1.01)

1507.4

 Total expenditure b

0.20

1.27

19.27

−19.4

(− 36.3 to − 2.4)

−1.3

(−2.4 to − 0.2)

− 93.3

2.38

34.6

(17.5 to 51.8)

0.74

(− 0.6 to 2.08)

1812.6

 Percentage MoH

83.41

−0.05

82.65

−16.4

(− 18.8 to − 14)

0.3

(0.1 to 0.5)

−16.2

70.83

29.5

(26.9 to 32)

− 0.2

(− 0.4 to 0)

36.4

 Expenditure per treatment (percapita in reais)

36.43

0.01

36.59

4.51

(−17.33 to 26.35)

−0.4

(− 1.81 to 1.01)

0.3

33.34

−14.6

(− 36.49 to 7.3)

0.44

(− 1.26 to 2.13)

−34.6

 Out of pocket payment

6.29

0.01

6.41

7.63

(4.04 to 11.21)

−0.21

(− 0.45 to 0.02)

80.8

9.94

−9.66

(−13.32 to − 5.99)

0.21

(− 0.08 to 0.49)

− 101.7

  1. Significant values p < 0.05 are highlighted in bold
  2. aThe number of individuals was divided by 100,000
  3. bThe total expenditures was divided by 1.000.000
  4. cAll monetary values are expressed in Brazilian reais and the monetary values were adjusted by inflation to December 2012
  5. CI Confidence interval