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Provedor de dados: | 60
País: | Brazil
Título: | Rational use of medicines: prescribing indicators at different levels of health care
Autores: | Ferreira,Maria Beatriz Cardoso; Heineck,Isabela; Flores,Liziane Maahs; Camargo,Aline Lins; Dal Pizzol,Tatiane da Silva; Torres,Iraci Lucena da Silva; Koenig,Alvaro; Trevisol,Daisson José; Melo,Adriana Mary Mestriner Felipe de; Cardoso,Teófilo Fernando Mazon; Monreal,Maria Tereza Ferreira Duenhas; Kadri,Mônica Cristina Toffoli.
Data: | 2013-06-01
Ano: | 2013
Palavras-chave: | Medicines/rational use; Medicines/prescription; Health Care/quality indicators; Pharmacy/community services.
Resumo: | This multicenter study aimed to investigate prescribing patterns of drugs at different levels of health care delivery in university-affiliated outpatient clinics located in eight cities in the South and Midwest of Brazil. All prescriptions collected were analyzed for various items, including WHO prescribing indicators. A total of 2,411 prescriptions were analyzed, and 469 drugs were identified. The number of drugs prescribed per encounter, the frequency of polypharmacy, and the percentage of encounters with at least one injection or antibiotic prescribed were higher in centers providing primary health care services, compared to those where this type of care is not provided. Most drugs (86.1%) were prescribed by generic name. In centers with primary health care services, drug availability was higher, drugs included in the National and Municipal Lists of Essential Medicines were more frequently prescribed, and patients were given more instructions. However, warnings and non-pharmacological measures were less frequently recommended. This study reveals trends in drug prescribing at different levels of health care delivery in university-affiliated outpatient clinics and indicates possible areas for improvement in prescribing practices.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502013000200015
Editor: | Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas
Relação: | 10.1590/S1984-82502013000200015
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences  v.49 n.2 2013
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess