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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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| 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. |
| 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... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Medicines/rational use; Medicines/prescription; Health Care/quality indicators; Pharmacy/community services. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502013000200015 |
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