Table 6

Opinions on provision of health services in local area for pharmacy town and non-pharmacy town participants

Strongly Agree %

Agree %

Unsure %

Disagree %

Strongly Disagree%

Chi Square Test

Worry about suitability of prescriptions

χ2 (4, n = 729) = 11.76, p < .05

Pharmacy Town

6.6

25.3

14.5

35.1

18.5

Non-pharmacy Town

5.4

25.4

18.0

40.9

10.3

Enough advice about medications

χ2 (4, n = 736) = 21.15, p < .001

Pharmacy Town

18.7

58.0

11.1

10.6

1.6

Non-pharmacy Town

10.0

55.7

13.7

15.4

5.1

Too long a delay to access medications

χ2 (4, n = 737) = 49.54, p < .001

Pharmacy Town

2.9

10.0

5.8

54.6

26.8

Non-pharmacy Town

9.0

19.4

7.0

54.2

10.4

Travel too far to access medications

χ2 (4, n = 734) = 94.96, p < .001

Pharmacy Town

3.9

6.8

1.3

52.2

35.7

Non-pharmacy Town

14.2

21.0

5.1

46.5

13.3

Can get medications quickly in an emergency

χ2 (4, n = 736) = 36.46, p < .001

Pharmacy Town

21.8

49.3

13.9

11.0

3.9

Non-pharmacy Town

10.4

44.2

14.4

23.4

7.6

Privacy is important

χ2 (4, n = 739) = 6.68, p = .15

Pharmacy Town

33.9

51.2

5.2

8.1

1.6

Non-pharmacy Town

28.1

51.1

6.5

12.9

1.4

Good supply of medications at home

χ2 (4, n = 748) = 1.25, p = .87

Pharmacy Town

19.2

66.9

3.8

9.0

1.0

Non-pharmacy Town

20.7

66.2

4.7

7.3

1.1

Received good prevention advice

χ2 (4, n = 739) = 5.24, p = .26

Pharmacy Town

13.3

60.7

15.4

9.4

1.3

Non-pharmacy Town

9.3

59.2

16.9

13.0

1.7

Health services in town adequate for my needs

χ2 (4, n = 743) = 38.34, p < .001

Pharmacy Town

19.1

55.3

7.8

12.1

5.7

Non-pharmacy Town

8.7

47.2

9.0

25.0

10.1

Town needs more access to pharmacy services

χ2 (4, n = 735) = 187.27, p < .001

Pharmacy Town

6.0

11.8

12.0

52.9

17.3

Non-pharmacy Town

30.6

31.4

14.4

21.5

2.0

Sunderland et al. Australia and New Zealand Health Policy 2006 3:8   doi:10.1186/1743-8462-3-8