Influence of pharmaceutical services organization on the availability of essential medicines in a public health system
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Objective: To evaluate the influence of organizational structure and technical-management activities on
the availability of essential medicines in the primary healthcare. Materials & methods: Cross-sectional,
exploratory and evaluative study. The availability was evaluated according to parameters established by
the WHO. Results: The average availability of standardized essential medicines was 83.3 and 73.3% for
medicines purchased centrally by the Brazilian government. Among the therapeutic groups evaluated,
the lowest average availability were for the tuberculostatics (24.1%) and psychotropic/special control
medicines (30.3%). Conclusion: The availability of essential medicines was positively influenced by the
presence of the pharmacist and by the computerized system deployed, and negatively associated with
essential medicines purchased centrally by the federal government, especially in the smaller municipalities.
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Saúde Coletiva, Serviços farmaceuticos, Cuidados Primários de Saúde, Sistema Único de Saúde
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Availability, Drugs, essential, Pharmaceutical services, Primary health care, Unified health system
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https://becarispublishing.com/doi/10.2217/cer-2020-0259