Karen Sarmento Costa
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3668522 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Karen Sarmento Costa |
| NOMBRES | Karen Sarmento |
| APELLIDO | Costa |
| FIRMA | COSTA K S |
| AFILIACIONES | Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil; Ministério da Saúde, Brasil |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Governance for health system resilience
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in global health systems, highlighting the need for resilience in governance, leadership, and response mechanisms. Brazil's Unified Health System (SUS) is one of the largest health systems in the world and due to its decentralised and fragmented model could provide learnings to other health systems. OBJECTIVE: This research explores governance for health system resilience to the COVID-19 p…
Fontes de obtenção de medicamentos por pacientes diagnosticados com doenças crônicas, usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde
Este artigo teve como objetivo identificar as fontes de obtenção de medicamentos utilizadas por usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) com relato de doenças crônicas, caracterizando tal população quanto a variáveis demográficas, socioeconômicas e de saúde nas diferentes regiões do Brasil. Foram analisados dados da Pesquisa Nacional sobre o Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos no Brasil (PNAUM), um estudo transversal de …
Characterization of the institutionalization of pharmaceutical services in Brazilian primary health care
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the current stage of the institutionalization of pharmaceutical services in Brazilian cities. METHODS: This study is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines), a cross-sectional, exploratory, and evaluative study composed by an information survey in a representative sample of cities…
Management of pharmaceutical services in the Brazilian primary health care
OBJECTIVE: To identify limiting factors in the management of pharmaceutical services in the primary health care provided by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). METHODS: This study was based on the data from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos no Brasil (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines), and it was conducted by interviews with professiona…
Availability of essential medicines in primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the availability of tracer medicines in pharmaceutical services in primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). METHODS: This is a cross-sectional and evaluative study, part of the Pesquisa Nacional Sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015). To analyze the a…
Workforce in the pharmaceutical services of the primary health care of SUS, Brazil
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the workforce in the pharmaceutical services in the primary care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). METHODS: This is a cross-sectional and quantitative study, with data from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015). For the analysis, we consider…
Pharmaceutical services in primary health care
The Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) was established in 1990, in the institutional reorganization measures deriving from the promulgation of the Federal Constitution of 1988, for implementing the Health Policy recommended in the constitutional text2. The implementation of a health system with such extent and comprehensiveness required promoting, preventive, and care policies in health and the institutionalization of new practices, arising fr…
Conceptions on pharmaceutical services in Brazilian primary health care
OBJECTIVE: To identify and discuss the conceptions of pharmaceutical services in Brazilian Primary Health Care, according to different subjects. METHODS: This study is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015), which is composed of an information survey in a representative sa…
Financing of Pharmaceutical Services in the municipal management of the Brazilian Unified Health System
OBJECTIVE: To discuss factors related to the financing of the Basic Component of Pharmaceutical Services within the municipal management of the Brazilian Unified Health System. METHODS: The Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos no Brasil – Serviços (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services) is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and evaluative study th…
Use of medicines by patients of the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the use of medicines by patients of the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and descriptive study, part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015). Interviews were carried out …
Access to medicines by patients of the primary health care in the Brazilian Unified Health System
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the access to medicines in primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS), from the patients’ perspective. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study that used data from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Services, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines), conducted by interviews with 8,591 patients in ci…
Pharmaceutical care in Brazil’s primary health care
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the activities of clinical nature developed by pharmacists in basic health units and their participation in educational activities aiming at health promotion. METHODS: This article is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015), a cross-sectional and …
Access to medicines
OBJETIVE: To analyze the relationship between access to medicines by the population and the institutionalization of pharmaceutical services in Brazilian primary health care. METHODS: This study is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services 2015), a cross-sectional, exploratory, and ev…
Health-related quality of life of patients of Brazilian primary health care
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of patients of the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) and its associated factors. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study with data from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015). Data wer…
Medicine dispensing service in primary health care of SUS
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the medicine dispensing services in the primary health care network in Brazil and in its different regions, aiming to promote the access and rational use of medicines. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study with data obtained from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Uso Racional de Medicamentos (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines), 2015. Observa…
Technical issues and conservation conditions of medicines in the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the technical issues and conditions of medicines conservation in Primary Health Care of Brazilian regions, responsible for pharmacy/dispensing unit profile; environmental, storage, and dose fractioning conditions; inventory control and waste management; fire and electrical failure safety items; transportation problems; advertising regulation; and pharmacovigilance. METHODS: This article is part of the Pesquisa Nacional …
Infrastructure of pharmacies of the primary health care in the Brazilian Unified Health System
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the infrastructure of the primary health care pharmacies of the Brazilian Unified Health System, aiming at humanizing the offered services. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study, of quantitative approach, from data obtained in the Pesquisa Nacional de Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Serv…
Indicators related to the rational use of medicines and its associated factors
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate indicators related to the rational use of medicines and its associated factors in Basic Health Units. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional study carried out in a representative sample of Brazilian cities included in the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015). The d…
Main characteristics of patients of primary health care services in Brazil
OBJECTIVE: To characterize patients of primary health care services according to demographic and socioeconomic aspects, habits and lifestyle, health condition, and demand for health services and medicines. METHODS: This study is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services), a cross-sectiona…
Pharmaceutical services in the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System
This study is a synthesis of the main results of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines), Evaluation Component of the Basic Pharmaceutical Services. Based on the critical narrative of the elements of Brazil’s pharmaceutical policies, we discuss aspects related to the structure of the pharmaceutical services, the me…
Patient satisfaction with pharmaceutical services in Brazilian primary health care
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate patient satisfaction with pharmaceutical services in Brazilian primary health care. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and evaluative study on a representative sample from the five Brazilian geopolitical regions resulting from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medici…
Characterization of the selection of medicines for the Brazilian primary health care
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the process of selection of medicines for primary health care in the Brazilian regions. METHODS: This article is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015), a cross-sectional study that consisted of an information gathering in a sample of cities in t…
Coordinación entre servicios farmacéuticos para una farmacoterapia integrada
Las políticas farmacéuticas han sido consideradas como estratégicas para contribuir con la garantía de la coordinación asistencial y la integración clínica. El presente estudio tiene como objetivo describir los servicios farmacéuticos desarrollados en diferentes niveles asistenciales en la red de salud de Cataluña, así como identificar y analizar los mecanismos e instrumentos que actúan como facilitadores y/o barreras para la coordinación de la f…
Organização dos serviços farmacêuticos no Sistema Único de Saúde em regiões de saúde
O presente estudo teve o objetivo de caracterizar os serviços farmacêuticos prestados no Sistema Único de Saúde do Brasil sob a ótica das redes de atenção à saúde em regiões de saúde contempladas no Projeto QualiSUS-Rede. O estudo teve delineamento transversal, com coleta de dados de dezembro de 2013 a julho de 2015 em todos os estabelecimentos públicos de saúde que realizavam entrega/armazenamento de medicamentos (n = 4.938) de 465 municípios e …
National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines
The Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services) aimed to characterize the organization of pharmaceutical services in the Primary Health Care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). PNAUM – Services is a cross-sectional and evaluative study, with planned sample of 600 cities, held between 2014 an…
Utilização de medicamentos e fatores associados
Este artigo analisa a prevalência da utilização de medicamentos segundo variáveis demográficas, socioeconômicas e de comportamentos relacionados à saúde, identificando fatores associados ao uso por meio de estudo transversal de base populacional, com 941 pessoas de 18 anos ou mais residentes em Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil. A amostragem foi realizada em múltiplos estágios, estratificada e por conglomerados. Utilizou-se o teste qui-quadrado, foram …
Fontes de obtenção de medicamentos por pacientes diagnosticados com doenças crônicas, usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde
Este artigo teve como objetivo identificar as fontes de obtenção de medicamentos utilizadas por usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) com relato de doenças crônicas, caracterizando tal população quanto a variáveis demográficas, socioeconômicas e de saúde nas diferentes regiões do Brasil. Foram analisados dados da Pesquisa Nacional sobre o Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos no Brasil (PNAUM), um estudo transversal de …
Fontes de obtenção de medicamentos para hipertensão e diabetes no Brasil
Analisar as diferenças entre diabéticos e hipertensos em relação ao tratamento medicamentoso e suas fontes de obtenção. Trata-se de estudo transversal com dados do VIGITEL, realizado em 2011 nas capitais brasileiras. Cerca de 72% dos 15.027 hipertensos e 78,2% dos 4.083 diabéticos estavam em tratamento medicamentoso; 45,8% dos hipertensos obtiveram medicamento nas unidades de saúde públicas, 15,9% no Farmácia Popular e 38,3% em drogarias/farmácia…
Hórus
OBJETIVO: Analisar resultados do Sistema Hórus, comparando elementos desse Sistema com algumas experiências internacionais. MÉTODOS: Hórus é uma inovação tecnológica introduzida em 2009 no sistema de informações para a Assistência Farmacêutica do Sistema Único de Saúde. Em 2011, gestores locais e profissionais de saúde de 1.247 municípios (16 estados) que aderiram ao Hórus responderam a questionários sobre a assistência farmacêutica na atenção bá…
Disponibilidade de medicamentos nas unidades básicas de saúde e fatores relacionados
Este estudo objetivou a caracterização da disponibilidade de medicamentos nas unidades básicas de saúde (UBS) do Brasil e a identificação de fatores organizacionais a ela associados, utilizando banco de dados secundários do Programa Nacional de Melhoria do Acesso e da Qualidade da Atenção Básica. O desfecho relacionado à disponibilidade de medicamentos, expresso de três diferentes formas, foi explorado em relação a variáveis explicativas relacion…
Utilização e fontes de obtenção de medicamentos
O uso de medicamentos é influenciado por diferentes fatores. O objetivo foi analisar esse uso e identificar as fontes de obtenção e fatores associados. Estudo transversal de base populacional, amostra por conglomerados, em dois estágios, em Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil, 2008. A prevalência de uso de ao menos um medicamento nos três dias prévios foi de 57,2%, a de obtenção no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) foi de 30%. Cerca de 47,8% dos indivíduos qu…
Automedicação em idosos residentes em Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
O objetivo foi avaliar a prevalência e fatores associados à automedicação em idosos e identificar os principais fármacos consumidos sem prescrição. Estudo transversal de base populacional, com amostra estratificada por conglomerados e em dois estágios realizado em Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil, em 2008-2009. Dos 1.515 idosos, 80,4% referiram uso de ao menos um medicamento nos três dias anteriores à pesquisa. Desses, 91,1% relataram consumo exclusiv…
Utilização de medicamentos e fatores associados
Este artigo analisa a prevalência da utilização de medicamentos segundo variáveis demográficas, socioeconômicas e de comportamentos relacionados à saúde, identificando fatores associados ao uso por meio de estudo transversal de base populacional, com 941 pessoas de 18 anos ou mais residentes em Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil. A amostragem foi realizada em múltiplos estágios, estratificada e por conglomerados. Utilizou-se o teste qui-quadrado, foram …
Hórus
OBJETIVO: Analisar resultados do Sistema Hórus, comparando elementos desse Sistema com algumas experiências internacionais. MÉTODOS: Hórus é uma inovação tecnológica introduzida em 2009 no sistema de informações para a Assistência Farmacêutica do Sistema Único de Saúde. Em 2011, gestores locais e profissionais de saúde de 1.247 municípios (16 estados) que aderiram ao Hórus responderam a questionários sobre a assistência farmacêutica na atenção bá…
Automedicação em idosos residentes em Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
O objetivo foi avaliar a prevalência e fatores associados à automedicação em idosos e identificar os principais fármacos consumidos sem prescrição. Estudo transversal de base populacional, com amostra estratificada por conglomerados e em dois estágios realizado em Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil, em 2008-2009. Dos 1.515 idosos, 80,4% referiram uso de ao menos um medicamento nos três dias anteriores à pesquisa. Desses, 91,1% relataram consumo exclusiv…
The use of medication and associated factors among adults living in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
The objective of this study was to verify factors associated with the use of medication by adults, with emphasis on the differences between men and women. It was a population-based, cross-sectional study with cluster sampling conducted in two stages in Campinas in the state of São Paulo in 2008. Among the 2,413 individuals aged 20 or older, the prevalence of use of at least one drug in the three days before the research was 45.4% (95% CI: 41.3 - …
Disponibilidade de medicamentos nas unidades básicas de saúde e fatores relacionados
Este estudo objetivou a caracterização da disponibilidade de medicamentos nas unidades básicas de saúde (UBS) do Brasil e a identificação de fatores organizacionais a ela associados, utilizando banco de dados secundários do Programa Nacional de Melhoria do Acesso e da Qualidade da Atenção Básica. O desfecho relacionado à disponibilidade de medicamentos, expresso de três diferentes formas, foi explorado em relação a variáveis explicativas relacion…
Pnaum
This paper describes the development process of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines) based on an integrated approach to pharmaceutical services, science, technology and innovation. It starts by contextualizing health and development in Brazil and features elements of the National Policy for Science, Technology a…
Free access to medicines for the treatment of chronic diseases in Brazil
OBJECTIVE To analyze the free access to medicines for the treatment of chronic diseases in the Brazilian population, according to demographic and socioeconomic factors. We also analyzed the most used pharmacological groups, according to funding source: free-of-charge or out-of-pocket paid. METHODS Analysis of data from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use…
Utilização e fontes de obtenção de medicamentos
O uso de medicamentos é influenciado por diferentes fatores. O objetivo foi analisar esse uso e identificar as fontes de obtenção e fatores associados. Estudo transversal de base populacional, amostra por conglomerados, em dois estágios, em Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil, 2008. A prevalência de uso de ao menos um medicamento nos três dias prévios foi de 57,2%, a de obtenção no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) foi de 30%. Cerca de 47,8% dos indivíduos qu…
Fontes de obtenção de medicamentos para hipertensão e diabetes no Brasil
Analisar as diferenças entre diabéticos e hipertensos em relação ao tratamento medicamentoso e suas fontes de obtenção. Trata-se de estudo transversal com dados do VIGITEL, realizado em 2011 nas capitais brasileiras. Cerca de 72% dos 15.027 hipertensos e 78,2% dos 4.083 diabéticos estavam em tratamento medicamentoso; 45,8% dos hipertensos obtiveram medicamento nas unidades de saúde públicas, 15,9% no Farmácia Popular e 38,3% em drogarias/farmácia…
Characterization of the institutionalization of pharmaceutical services in Brazilian primary health care
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the current stage of the institutionalization of pharmaceutical services in Brazilian cities. METHODS: This study is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines), a cross-sectional, exploratory, and evaluative study composed by an information survey in a representative sample of cities…
Management of pharmaceutical services in the Brazilian primary health care
OBJECTIVE: To identify limiting factors in the management of pharmaceutical services in the primary health care provided by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). METHODS: This study was based on the data from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos no Brasil (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines), and it was conducted by interviews with professiona…
Availability of essential medicines in primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the availability of tracer medicines in pharmaceutical services in primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). METHODS: This is a cross-sectional and evaluative study, part of the Pesquisa Nacional Sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015). To analyze the a…
Workforce in the pharmaceutical services of the primary health care of SUS, Brazil
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the workforce in the pharmaceutical services in the primary care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). METHODS: This is a cross-sectional and quantitative study, with data from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015). For the analysis, we consider…
Pharmaceutical services in primary health care
The Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) was established in 1990, in the institutional reorganization measures deriving from the promulgation of the Federal Constitution of 1988, for implementing the Health Policy recommended in the constitutional text2. The implementation of a health system with such extent and comprehensiveness required promoting, preventive, and care policies in health and the institutionalization of new practices, arising fr…
Conceptions on pharmaceutical services in Brazilian primary health care
OBJECTIVE: To identify and discuss the conceptions of pharmaceutical services in Brazilian Primary Health Care, according to different subjects. METHODS: This study is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015), which is composed of an information survey in a representative sa…
Financing of Pharmaceutical Services in the municipal management of the Brazilian Unified Health System
OBJECTIVE: To discuss factors related to the financing of the Basic Component of Pharmaceutical Services within the municipal management of the Brazilian Unified Health System. METHODS: The Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos no Brasil – Serviços (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services) is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and evaluative study th…
Use of medicines by patients of the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the use of medicines by patients of the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and descriptive study, part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015). Interviews were carried out …
Access to medicines by patients of the primary health care in the Brazilian Unified Health System
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the access to medicines in primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS), from the patients’ perspective. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study that used data from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Services, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines), conducted by interviews with 8,591 patients in ci…
Pharmaceutical care in Brazil’s primary health care
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the activities of clinical nature developed by pharmacists in basic health units and their participation in educational activities aiming at health promotion. METHODS: This article is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015), a cross-sectional and …
Access to medicines
OBJETIVE: To analyze the relationship between access to medicines by the population and the institutionalization of pharmaceutical services in Brazilian primary health care. METHODS: This study is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services 2015), a cross-sectional, exploratory, and ev…
Health-related quality of life of patients of Brazilian primary health care
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of patients of the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) and its associated factors. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study with data from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015). Data wer…
Medicine dispensing service in primary health care of SUS
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the medicine dispensing services in the primary health care network in Brazil and in its different regions, aiming to promote the access and rational use of medicines. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study with data obtained from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Uso Racional de Medicamentos (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines), 2015. Observa…
Technical issues and conservation conditions of medicines in the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the technical issues and conditions of medicines conservation in Primary Health Care of Brazilian regions, responsible for pharmacy/dispensing unit profile; environmental, storage, and dose fractioning conditions; inventory control and waste management; fire and electrical failure safety items; transportation problems; advertising regulation; and pharmacovigilance. METHODS: This article is part of the Pesquisa Nacional …
Infrastructure of pharmacies of the primary health care in the Brazilian Unified Health System
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the infrastructure of the primary health care pharmacies of the Brazilian Unified Health System, aiming at humanizing the offered services. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study, of quantitative approach, from data obtained in the Pesquisa Nacional de Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Serv…
Indicators related to the rational use of medicines and its associated factors
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate indicators related to the rational use of medicines and its associated factors in Basic Health Units. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional study carried out in a representative sample of Brazilian cities included in the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015). The d…
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