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Kauffmann,Carla; Fernandes,Luciana Carvalho; Deitos,Alícia; Laste,Gabriela; Heberlé,Graziela; Castro,Luís César de; Torres,Iraci Lucena da Silva. |
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... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pharmaceutical assistance; Unified Health System; Medicines/rational use; Medicines/prescription indicators. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502009000400023 |
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