ArticleRevista de saude publica2017
Medicine dispensing service in primary health care of SUS.
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- Does drug dispensing influence patients' medication knowledge and medication adherence? A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Development and Validation of a Clinical Script for Medicine Dispensing.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2026Article
- Dissatisfaction with SUS pharmaceutical services and nonadherence to medication use.Revista de saude publica · 2025Article
- Drug dispensing in public community pharmacies: evidence from the MedMinas project.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Implementation of pharmaceutical services in Brazilian primary health care: a cross-sectional study.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- Perspectives of pharmaceutical stakeholders on determinants of medicines accessibility at the primary care level.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2021Article
- National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines (PNAUM): evaluation of pharmaceutical services in the primary health care.Revista de saude publica · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo 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.
methodsThis 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. Observation visits were carried out in 1,175 dispensing units, and interviews were held with 1,139 professionals responsible for the dispensation of medicines in the dispensing units and 495 municipal coordinators of pharmaceutical services.
resultsMore than half (53%) of the units presented a space smaller than 10 m2 for dispensing of medicines; 23.8% had bars or barriers between users and dispenser; 41.7% had computerized system; and 23.7% had counters for individual care. Among those responsible for dispensation, 87.4% said they always or repeatedly inform users how to use the medicines, and 18.1% reported developing some type of clinical activity. Isolated pharmacies presented a more developed physical and personal structure than those belonging to health units, but we found no significant differences regarding the information provided and the development of clinical activities.
conclusionsThere are major differences in the organization models of dispensation between cities, with regional differences regarding the physical structure and professionals involved. The centralization of medicine dispensing in pharmacies separated from the health services is associated with better structural and professional conditions, as in the dispensing units of the South, Southeast, and Midwest regions. However, the development of dispensation as health service does not prevail in any pharmacy or region of the Country yet.
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