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Provedor de dados: | 60
País: | Brazil
Título: | Analysis of pharmaceutical assistance in the Taquari Valley, Rio Grande do Sul: profile of service users and access to medication
Autores: | Kauffmann,Carla; Fernandes,Luciana Carvalho; Deitos,Alícia; Laste,Gabriela; Heberlé,Graziela; Castro,Luís César de; Torres,Iraci Lucena da Silva.
Data: | 2009-12-01
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | Pharmaceutical assistance; Unified Health System; Medicines/rational use; Medicines/prescription indicators.
Resumo: | Pharmaceutical assistance concerns actions developed by the pharmacist and other professionals with the purpose of promoting, protecting and restoring health. Medications are an essential tool in this process that focuses on the access to, and the rational use of, drugs. This study is aimed at evaluating the Pharmaceutical Assistance provided by Municipal Health Offices in the Taquari Valley, Rio Grande do Sul. For this purpose, 2,794 users of public pharmacies were interviewed and data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The users of the public pharmacies were mainly female and individuals with low educational level and income. On average, 2.41 drugs were prescribed per medical prescription and 1.72 of these were procured. Out of the total medicines prescribed, 76.5% were listed in the municipal standard drug list (SDL). Medication was prescribed by its generic name in 81.8% of the prescriptions. Antibiotics and injections were prescribed in 11.9% and 4.0% of the prescriptions, respectively. Users' access to information is partial, which can impair adherence to the treatment. Thus, it is possible to conclude that review of the service is necessary for it to be effective.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502009000400023
Editor: | Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas
Relação: | 10.1590/S1984-82502009000400023
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences  v.45 n.4 2009
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess