Evaluation of drug prescription quality indicators in a primary care unit with different models of healthcare

• Autor(a) principal: de Melo, Daniela Oliveira [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Ansaldi da Silva, Silvia Regina, Cardozo de Castro, Lia Lusitana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/57735; http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742016000200005
• topic: Assistência Farmacêutica; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Indicadores de Serviços; Prescrição de Medicamentos; Sistema Único de Saúde; Pharmaceutical Services; Primary Health Care; Indicators of Health Services; Drug Prescriptions; National Health System

Objective: to describe drug prescription indicators in a primary care unit with different models of health care. Methods: this was a descriptive study using secondary data of prescriptions with regard to quality indicators in a health facility that has three health care models: Outpatient Medical Care (OMC), Primary Health Unit (PHU) and Family Health Strategy (FHS) in Vila Nova Jaguar OMC/PHU in Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil, from July to October 2011. Results: 16,720 prescriptions were studied; the proportion of drugs provided through the Municipal Essential Medication List was higher for FHS prescriptions (98.9%), compared to PHU (95.6%) and OMC (95.7%); similarly, both the use of the generic name of the drugs and the proportion of drugs provided was higher among ESF prescriptions (98.9% and 96.1%, respectively), compared with PHU (94.4 % and 92.9%) and OMC (94.0% and 92.7 %). Conclusion: all the prescription indicators show better results for FHS.