National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines:

methods

Authors

  • Juliana Álvares Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Faculdade de Farmácia. Departamento de Farmácia Social
  • Maria Cecilia Goi Porto Alves Secretaria Estadual de Saúde de São Paulo
  • Maria Mercedes Loureiro Escuder Secretaria Estadual de Saúde de São Paulo
  • Alessandra Maciel Almeida Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais
  • Jans Bastos Izidoro Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Faculdade de Farmácia. Departamento de Farmácia Social
  • Augusto Afonso Guerra Junior Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Faculdade de Farmácia. Departamento de Farmácia Social
  • Karen Sarmento Costa Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Núcleo de Estudos de Políticas Públicas Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Departamento de Saúde Coletiva. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Faculdade de Medicina. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia
  • Ediná Alves Costa Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva
  • Ione Aquemi Guibu Santa Casa de São Paulo. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Departamento de Saúde Coletiva
  • Orlando Mario Soeiro Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas
  • Silvana Nair Leite Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas
  • Margô Gomes de Oliveira Karnikowski Universidade de Brasília. Faculdade de Ceilândia
  • Francisco de Assis Acurcio Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Faculdade de Farmácia. Departamento de Farmácia Social

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/S1518-8787.2017051007027

Keywords:

Pharmaceutical Services. Health Services Research, methods. National Drug Policy. Unified Health System

Abstract

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 and 2015, composed of a remote phase, with telephone interviews with health managers. Of these 600 cities, 300 were selected for a survey on health services. We selected the 27 capitals, the 0.5% largest cities of each region, and the remaining cities were drawn. The estimate of the representative national sample size considered three levels: cities, medicine dispensing services, and patients. The interviews were carried out with a structured questionnaire specific for: municipal secretaries of health, professionals responsible for pharmaceutical services in the city, professionals responsible for the dispensing of medicines, physicians, and patients. The secondary data were obtained in official databases, in the latest update date. PNAUM – Services was the first nationwide research aimed at the assessment and acquisition of national and regional indicators on access to medicines, as well as use and rational use, from the perspective of various social subjects

Published

2017-09-22

Issue

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines:: methods. (2017). Revista De Saúde Pública, 51(suppl.2), 4s. https://doi.org/10.11606/S1518-8787.2017051007027