Drug prescription in a city of the north of Paraná

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Girotto, Edmarlon¹  Silva, Poliana Vieira da² 

[1] Universidade Norte do Paraná

关键词: Drugs;    Primary Health Care;    Prescription indicators;    Health services;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-790X2006000200009

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION:Drugs represent an essential tool in the decision-making process of servicesprovided by the healthcare industry. In this process, we can attribute greatimportance to drug policies, which regulate one of the highest expenses in publichealth services, especially essential medicines. The latter are considered indispensableto attend most of the population assisted by the National Health System andare distributed free of charge.
OBJECTIVE: To identify prescription indicators in the City of Ibipora,PR.
METHODOLOGY: 3,119 medical prescriptions in General Practice, Pediatricsand Gynecology were analyzed. Prescription indicators proposed by the WorldHealth Organization (WHO) were calculated based on these prescriptions, andthe drugs prescribed were classified according to the WHO's Anatomical TherapeuticalChemical classification.
RESULTS: On average, two drugs were prescribed per medical prescriptionin the city of Ibipora, PR. Of the total medicines prescribed, 70.2% were prescribedby their generic names. Antibiotics were prescribed in 22.0% of prescriptions.Injectable drugs were prescribed in 7.0% of medical prescriptions; 58.4% ofmedicines prescribed were listed in the municipal list of drugs.
FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: These results suggest difficulties in introducingpolicies for essential drugs. In this context, the present indicators can contributeto the creation of policies to redirect pharmaceutical services, thus promotingimproved access, and a more rational use of drugs.

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