title: [Obtaining drugs for hypertension and diabetes through the Brazilian People's Pharmacy Program: results of the National Health Survey, 2013].
abstract: to describe the proportion of hypertensive and diabetic patients who reported getting medicines to control these diseases via the Brazilian People's Pharmacy Program, according to sociodemographic factors.
  
  
  
  this was a population-based descriptive study using 2013 National Health Survey data on individuals aged over 18 years.
  
  
  
  around one third of hypertensive individuals (35.9%; 95%CI 34.1-37.7) and more than half of those with diabetes (57.4%; 95%CI 54.2-60.2%) had got at least one kind of medication via the Program, there being some differences between the country's regions. Among patients with diabetes, higher rates of getting medication were found in black people (69.4%; 95%CI 60.8-77.9) and those with less schooling (0-8 years) (63.9%; 95%CI 60.2-67.7), with no significant differences between age groups or sex.
  
  
  
  obtaining at least one kind of medication to treat hypertension and diabetes via the Program was high, especially among the underprivileged.
authors.affiliation: Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Ciência, Tecnologia e Insumos Estratégicos, Brasília-DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Karen Sarmento
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Brasília, Departamento de Farmácia, Brasília-DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Noemia Urruth Leão
authors.initials: NU
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Medicina Social, Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sotero Serrate
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mengue
authors.affiliation: Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Ciência, Tecnologia e Insumos Estratégicos, Brasília-DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marco Aurélio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Deborah Carvalho
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Malta
authors.affiliation: Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, Brasília-DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jarbas Barbosa da
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001938:Brazil; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents