TY - JOUR
T1 - Access to medicines in the Brazilian Unified Health System's primary health care
T2 - assessment of a public policy
AU - Barbosa, Mariana M
AU - Moreira, Thais A
AU - Nascimento, Renata CRM
AU - Nascimento, Mariana MG
AU - Acurcio, Francisco A
AU - Godman, Brian
AU - Guerra, Augusto A
AU - Alvares-Teodoro, Juliana
PY - 2021/7/31
Y1 - 2021/7/31
N2 - In 2008, the Programa Rede Farmácia de Minas (RFM, literally translated: ‘Minas Gerais Pharmacy Network’ program) was created as a strategy to expand access to medicines. Aim: Measure access to medicines in public pharmacies through comparison between municipalities that joined or not the RFM. Materials & methods: Cross-sectional, evaluative study, gathering information from a representative sample of the municipalities in Minas Gerais between July 2014 and May 2015. The Poisson regression results were obtained by calculating the prevalence ratios. Results: Adequate access to medicines in Minas Gerais was 69.9%, being 75.8% in municipalities with and 69.2% without the RFM. The municipalities with the RFM showed statistically higher percentages in the Availability, Adequacy/Accommodation, and Acceptability dimensions. Conclusion: RFM appears an efficient strategy for promoting access to medicines.
AB - In 2008, the Programa Rede Farmácia de Minas (RFM, literally translated: ‘Minas Gerais Pharmacy Network’ program) was created as a strategy to expand access to medicines. Aim: Measure access to medicines in public pharmacies through comparison between municipalities that joined or not the RFM. Materials & methods: Cross-sectional, evaluative study, gathering information from a representative sample of the municipalities in Minas Gerais between July 2014 and May 2015. The Poisson regression results were obtained by calculating the prevalence ratios. Results: Adequate access to medicines in Minas Gerais was 69.9%, being 75.8% in municipalities with and 69.2% without the RFM. The municipalities with the RFM showed statistically higher percentages in the Availability, Adequacy/Accommodation, and Acceptability dimensions. Conclusion: RFM appears an efficient strategy for promoting access to medicines.
KW - access to medicines
KW - unified healthcare system
KW - Brazil
KW - health policy
UR - https://www.futuremedicine.com/loi/cer
U2 - 10.2217/cer-2021-0026
DO - 10.2217/cer-2021-0026
M3 - Article
VL - 10
SP - 869
EP - 879
JO - Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
JF - Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
SN - 2042-6313
IS - 10
ER -