TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of pharmaceutical services organization on the availability of essential medicines in a public health system
AU - Rocha, Wenderson Henrique
AU - Alvares-Teodoro, Juliana
AU - Acurcio, Francisco de Assis
AU - Guerra Júnior, Augusto Afonso
AU - Gomes, Isabel Cristina
AU - Godman, Brian
AU - Kurdi, Amanj
AU - do Nascimento, Renata Cristina Rezende Macedo
AU - Almeida, Alessandra Maciel
PY - 2021/4/30
Y1 - 2021/4/30
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - availability
KW - drugs
KW - essential pharmaceutical services
KW - primary health care
KW - unified health system
UR - https://www.futuremedicine.com/loi/cer
U2 - 10.2217/cer-2020-0259
DO - 10.2217/cer-2020-0259
M3 - Article
SN - 2042-6313
VL - 10
SP - 519
EP - 532
JO - Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
JF - Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
IS - 6
ER -