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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Strategies to improve the availability of medicines in primary health care in brazil: findings and implications
Autor(es): Mariana Barbosa
Renata Macedo Nascimento
Marina M Garcia
Francisco de Assis Acurcio
Brian Godman
Augusto Afonso Guerra Junior
Juliana Alvares Teodoro
Resumen: Aim: Access to essential medicines is a key component of managing patients in ambulatory care. In 2008, the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, created the Pharmacy Network of Minas (Rede Farmácia de Minas [RFM]) program to improve access to medicines, increasing availability and restructuring the infrastructures. The aim was to assess the current situation, comparing municipalities with and without RFM. Materials & methods: Descriptive survey study, data collected from 2014 July to May 2015. Availability was verified by stock levels. Results: The drug availability index was 61.0%, higher in municipalities with RFM. Most physicians considered the pharmaceutical services as good/very good. The main reasons for medicines shortage were ‘financial transference problems’, ‘insufficient financial resources’ and ‘budget’. Conclusion: Strategies, such as the RFM can promote improvements in medicine availability.
Asunto: Serviços de saúde - Pesquisa
Produtos Farmaceuticos
Idioma: por
País: Brasil
Editor: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Institución: UFMG
Departamento: FAR - DEPARTAMENTO DE FARMÁCIA SOCIAL
Tipo de acceso: Acesso Aberto
Identificador DOI: https://doi.org/10.2217/cer-2020-0125
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/56592
Fecha del documento: 2021
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://becarispublishing.com/doi/10.2217/cer-2020-0125
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
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