Workforce in the pharmaceutical services of the primary health care of SUS, Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Carvalho,Marselle Nobre
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Álvares,Juliana, Costa,Karen Sarmento, Guerra Junior,Augusto Afonso, Acurcio,Francisco de Assis, Costa,Ediná Alves, Guibu,Ione Aquemi, Soeiro,Orlando Mario, Karnikowski,Margô Gomes de Oliveira, Leite,Silvana Nair
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Resumo: ABSTRACT 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 considered the data stratification into geographical regions. We analyzed the data on workers in the municipal pharmaceutical services management and in the medicine dispensing units, according to the country’s regions. For the statistical association analysis, we carried out a Pearson correlation test for the categorical variables. RESULTS We analyzed 1,175 pharmacies/dispensing units, 507 phone interviews (495 pharmaceutical services coordinators), and 1,139 professionals responsible for medicine delivery. The workforce in pharmaceutical services was mostly constituted by women, aged from 18 to 39 years, with higher education (90.7% in coordination and 45.5% in dispensing units), having permanent employment bonds (public tender), being for more than one year in the position or duty, and with weekly work hours above 30h, working both in municipal management and in medicine dispensing units. We observed regional differences in the workforce composition in dispensing units, with higher percentage of pharmacists in the Southeast and Midwest regions. CONCLUSIONS The professionalization of municipal management posts in primary health care is an achievement in the organization of the workforce in pharmaceutical services. However, significant deficiencies exist in the workforce composition in medicine dispensing units, which may compromise the medicine use quality and its results in population health.
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spelling Workforce in the pharmaceutical services of the primary health care of SUS, BrazilPharmaceutical Services, manpowerPatient Care TeamWorkersPrimary Health CareHealth Services ResearchUnified Health SystemABSTRACT 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 considered the data stratification into geographical regions. We analyzed the data on workers in the municipal pharmaceutical services management and in the medicine dispensing units, according to the country’s regions. For the statistical association analysis, we carried out a Pearson correlation test for the categorical variables. RESULTS We analyzed 1,175 pharmacies/dispensing units, 507 phone interviews (495 pharmaceutical services coordinators), and 1,139 professionals responsible for medicine delivery. The workforce in pharmaceutical services was mostly constituted by women, aged from 18 to 39 years, with higher education (90.7% in coordination and 45.5% in dispensing units), having permanent employment bonds (public tender), being for more than one year in the position or duty, and with weekly work hours above 30h, working both in municipal management and in medicine dispensing units. We observed regional differences in the workforce composition in dispensing units, with higher percentage of pharmacists in the Southeast and Midwest regions. CONCLUSIONS The professionalization of municipal management posts in primary health care is an achievement in the organization of the workforce in pharmaceutical services. However, significant deficiencies exist in the workforce composition in medicine dispensing units, which may compromise the medicine use quality and its results in population health.Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo2017-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102017000300310Revista de Saúde Pública v.51 suppl.2 2017reponame:Revista de Saúde Públicainstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USP10.11606/s1518-8787.2017051007110info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCarvalho,Marselle NobreÁlvares,JulianaCosta,Karen SarmentoGuerra Junior,Augusto AfonsoAcurcio,Francisco de AssisCosta,Ediná AlvesGuibu,Ione AquemiSoeiro,Orlando MarioKarnikowski,Margô Gomes de OliveiraLeite,Silvana Naireng2017-11-09T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0034-89102017000300310Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0034-8910&lng=pt&nrm=isoONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprevsp@org.usp.br||revsp1@usp.br1518-87870034-8910opendoar:2017-11-09T00:00Revista de Saúde Pública - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Workforce in the pharmaceutical services of the primary health care of SUS, Brazil
title Workforce in the pharmaceutical services of the primary health care of SUS, Brazil
spellingShingle Workforce in the pharmaceutical services of the primary health care of SUS, Brazil
Carvalho,Marselle Nobre
Pharmaceutical Services, manpower
Patient Care Team
Workers
Primary Health Care
Health Services Research
Unified Health System
title_short Workforce in the pharmaceutical services of the primary health care of SUS, Brazil
title_full Workforce in the pharmaceutical services of the primary health care of SUS, Brazil
title_fullStr Workforce in the pharmaceutical services of the primary health care of SUS, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Workforce in the pharmaceutical services of the primary health care of SUS, Brazil
title_sort Workforce in the pharmaceutical services of the primary health care of SUS, Brazil
author Carvalho,Marselle Nobre
author_facet Carvalho,Marselle Nobre
Álvares,Juliana
Costa,Karen Sarmento
Guerra Junior,Augusto Afonso
Acurcio,Francisco de Assis
Costa,Ediná Alves
Guibu,Ione Aquemi
Soeiro,Orlando Mario
Karnikowski,Margô Gomes de Oliveira
Leite,Silvana Nair
author_role author
author2 Álvares,Juliana
Costa,Karen Sarmento
Guerra Junior,Augusto Afonso
Acurcio,Francisco de Assis
Costa,Ediná Alves
Guibu,Ione Aquemi
Soeiro,Orlando Mario
Karnikowski,Margô Gomes de Oliveira
Leite,Silvana Nair
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Carvalho,Marselle Nobre
Álvares,Juliana
Costa,Karen Sarmento
Guerra Junior,Augusto Afonso
Acurcio,Francisco de Assis
Costa,Ediná Alves
Guibu,Ione Aquemi
Soeiro,Orlando Mario
Karnikowski,Margô Gomes de Oliveira
Leite,Silvana Nair
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Pharmaceutical Services, manpower
Patient Care Team
Workers
Primary Health Care
Health Services Research
Unified Health System
topic Pharmaceutical Services, manpower
Patient Care Team
Workers
Primary Health Care
Health Services Research
Unified Health System
description ABSTRACT 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 considered the data stratification into geographical regions. We analyzed the data on workers in the municipal pharmaceutical services management and in the medicine dispensing units, according to the country’s regions. For the statistical association analysis, we carried out a Pearson correlation test for the categorical variables. RESULTS We analyzed 1,175 pharmacies/dispensing units, 507 phone interviews (495 pharmaceutical services coordinators), and 1,139 professionals responsible for medicine delivery. The workforce in pharmaceutical services was mostly constituted by women, aged from 18 to 39 years, with higher education (90.7% in coordination and 45.5% in dispensing units), having permanent employment bonds (public tender), being for more than one year in the position or duty, and with weekly work hours above 30h, working both in municipal management and in medicine dispensing units. We observed regional differences in the workforce composition in dispensing units, with higher percentage of pharmacists in the Southeast and Midwest regions. CONCLUSIONS The professionalization of municipal management posts in primary health care is an achievement in the organization of the workforce in pharmaceutical services. However, significant deficiencies exist in the workforce composition in medicine dispensing units, which may compromise the medicine use quality and its results in population health.
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