Inequidades socio-espaciales en el acceso a los med icamentos en Costa Rica: las contradicciones de un modelo de atención solida rio Socio-spatial inequalities in access to drugs in Co sta Rica: the contradictions of a solidary care model

The socio-spatial inequities in the access to drugs in Costa Ri ca were analyzed using a survey directed to community pharmacies and interviews with actors of the sanitary context. The survey to pharmacy was based on aleatory stratified random according to the social index of d evelopment and was focused toward the questions upon the price of ten drugs in agreement with the p rofile stratified. The interviews to key informer respond to a qualitative random directed to the main actors of t he market of drugs in the country and this went explored the perceptions upon the access to the drugs. Spatial v ariations in the physical access to the