Implementation of pharmaceutical services in Brazilian primary health care: a cross-sectional study

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Table 1 Main characteristics of the QualiSUS-Network project sample. Brazil, 2015

State*	Municipalities	Population (Million)	Proportion of QualiSUS participants		Gini index		DHI		Pharmacies
	Municipalities	Population (Million)	Proportion of QualiSUS participants		Gini index		DHI		Attached to health centres	Exclusive buildings
	N Total	N Total	% Mun²	% Population	Total	QualiSUS (Mean)	Total	QualiSUS (Mean)	QualiSUS (N)
Amazonas	62	3.48	15%	6%	0.65	0.63	0.674	0.534	24	0
Bahia	417	14.02	6%	7%	0.62	0.55	0.660	0.589	211	8
Ceará	184	8.45	10%	9%	0.61	0.54	0.682	0.614	241	11
Distrito Federal	1	2.57	100%	100%	0.63	0.63	0.824	0.824	95	2
Goiás	246	6.00	7%	17%	0.55	0.50	0.735	0.685	178	8
Maranhão	217	6.57	10%	11%	0.62	0.54	0.639	0.613	146	2
Mato Grosso do Sul	78	2.45	24%	21%	0.56	0.54	0.729	0.672	118	8
Minas Gerais	853	19.60	11%	31%	0.56	0.47	0.731	0.685	406	67
Pará	143	7.58	17%	40%	0.62	0.55	0.646	0.616	277	0
Paraná	399	10.44	7%	31%	0.53	0.46	0.749	0.691	339	17
Pernambuco	185	8.80	23%	54%	0.62	0.54	0.673	0.629	721	18
Piauí	224	3.12	13%	37%	0.61	0.54	0.646	0.599	183	0
Rio de Janeiro	92	15.99	13%	62%	0.59	0.47	0.761	0.716	312	4
Rio Grande do Sul	496	10.70	4%	32%	0.54	0.42	0.746	0.730	205	15
Santa Catarina	293	6.25	8%	16%	0.49	0.43	0.774	0.736	178	0
São Paulo	645	41.26	1%	6%	0.56	0.47	0.783	0.791	144	2
Tocantins	139	1.38	41%	40%	0.6	0.53	0.699	0.631	85	5
Total	5565	190.76	8%	22%	0.59	0.51	0.727	0.656	3863	167

¹States sampled represent 17 of 27
²Mun = Municipalities
³Primary health centres: primary health units/health centres/health postsSources: QualiSUS-Network data base, 2015; IBGE and IPEA, 2010

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