Influence of pharmaceutical services organization on the availability of essential medicines in a public health system

Wenderson Henrique Rocha; Juliana Álvares Teodoro; Francisco De Assis Acurcio; Augusto Afonso Guerra; Isabel Cristina Gomes Moura; Brian Godman; Amanj Kurdi; Renata Cristina Rezende MacEdo Do Nascimento; Alessandra Mac Iel Almeida

doi:10.2217/cer-2020-0259

Influence of pharmaceutical services organization on the availability of essential medicines in a public health system

Wenderson Henrique Rocha
, Juliana Álvares Teodoro
, Francisco De Assis Acurcio
, Augusto Afonso Guerra
, Isabel Cristina Gomes Moura
, Brian Godman
, Amanj Kurdi
, Renata Cristina Rezende MacEdo Do Nascimento
, Alessandra Mac Iel Almeida

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (CMMG)
University of Strathclyde
Karolinska Institutet
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
Hawler Medical University
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	519-532
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Volume	10
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2217/cer-2020-0259
State	Published - Apr 2021
Externally published	Yes

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availability
drugs, essential
pharmaceutical services
primary health care
unified health system

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Rocha, W. H., Teodoro, J. Á., Assis Acurcio, F. D., Guerra, A. A., Gomes Moura, I. C., Godman, B., Kurdi, A., Rezende MacEdo Do Nascimento, R. C., & Almeida, A. M. I. (2021). Influence of pharmaceutical services organization on the availability of essential medicines in a public health system. Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, 10(6), 519-532. https://doi.org/10.2217/cer-2020-0259

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