Open AccessSocioeconomic Determinants of Health Contributing to the Consumption of Nonprescribed Medicines in Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Woldemariam Teketel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s278659
Subject(s) - bivariate analysis , socioeconomic status , medicine , descriptive statistics , multivariate analysis , cross sectional study , quality of life (healthcare) , environmental health , demography , nursing , population , statistics , sociology , mathematics , pathology
Social determinants of health are understood as the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that shapes health and include a domain of factors. Self-medication is influenced by these socioeconomic factors. This study, aims to quantitatively examine the relationship between these factors and the use of nonprescribed medicines and then identify which of the factors have the highest predictable value in Ethiopia.