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PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE IN A REGIONAL HEALTH COORDINATION OF THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL, 2018
Lidiane Arndt Pereira Piacentini*, Bruna Campos de Cesaro, Jacqueline Oliveira Silva, Ronaldo Bordin
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Introduction: The Brazilian public health system was created in 1988, based on the principles of universality of access, completeness and fairness of results, being free to the end user at all times. The national drug policy was introduced in 2004 and includes free drug dispensation at all levels of care. Aim: To describe how pharmaceutical care is structured in municipalities belonging to the 8th Regional Health Coordination of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 2018. Methods: Electronic form was filled in by pharmacists responsible for pharmaceutical care of 12 municipalities belonging to the 8th Regional Health Coordination in December 2018. The form consisted of questions covering the following axes: formal structure of pharmaceutical care, financing, management tools, human resources and performance of pharmacists. Findings: In a minority of the 12 municipalities there is a Pharmacy and Therapeutic Commission established in Ordinance (just one), a Bidding Commission for the purchase of drugs (3 cases) and a Municipal List of Drugs (4 cases). Seven of the 12 municipalities have pharmaceutical assistance in the organization chart of municipal health secretaries. Conclusion: Management of pharmaceutical care still fails without programming of activities, lack of Pharmacy and Therapeutic Commission and a Municipal Drug List (not counting subsequent disclosure).
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