Table 2 Health status and medicine utilization of respondents’ households, Gondar Town, 2015 (n = 771)
Variable | Yes | |
|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | |
Chronic illness in the household | 173 | 22.4 |
Health professional in household | 108 | 14.0 |
Medication use in the previous month | 379 | 49.2 |
Practice of sharing medicines | 137 | 17.8 |
Leaving medicines unfinished | 714 | 92.6 |
Presence of medicines at home currently | 341 | 44.2 |