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| Mendonça,Simone de Araújo Medina; Melo,Angelita Cristine; Pereira,Gabriela Cristina Coelho; Santos,Danielle Maria de Souza Serio dos; Grossi,Elisa Brandão; Sousa,Maria do Carmo Vilas Boas; Oliveira,Djenane Ramalho de; Soares,Adriana Cristina. |
| ABSTRACT This study evaluates whether the integration of pharmacists into health-care teams through the delivery of pharmaceutical care-based medication therapy management (MTM) services can improve the clinical outcomes of patients with chronic health conditions in the primary health-care setting. A retrospective descriptive study of 92 outpatients assisted by MTM pharmacists in primary health-care units was carried out over 28 months (median follow-up: 05 months). Patients were followed up by MTM pharmacists, with a total of 359 encounters and a ratio of 3.9 encounters per patient. The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia was 29.5%, 22.0% and 19.4%, respectively. There was a high prevalence of drug-related problems with a ratio... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pharmaceutical care/primary care; Medication therapy management; Chronic health/conditions; Pharmacists/professional practice/Brazil. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502016000300365 |
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