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Table 5 The health service that participants would seek advice from for managing a minor ailment (e.g. coughs, colds, sunburn) for pharmacy towns and non-pharmacy towns.

From: A comparative evaluation of pharmacy services in single and no pharmacy towns

  

Pharmacy Town

Non-pharmacy town

Total

Pharmacy

Count

224

85

309

  

58.9%

21.6%

39.9%

Doctor

Count

45

51

96

  

11.8%

12.9%

12.4%

Nursing post

Count

4

38

42

  

1.1%

9.6%

5.4%

Local shop

Count

7

52

59

  

1.8%

13.2%

7.6%

Stay and treat at home

Count

99

162

261

  

26.1%

41.1%

33.7%

Other/not applicable

Count

1

6

7

  

.3%

1.5%

.9%