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- Title
Organización del abasto de medicamentos en los servicios estatales de salud. Potenciales consecuencias de la mezcla público-privada.
- Authors
López-Moreno, Sergio; Martínez-Ojeda, Rosa Haydeé; López-Arellano, Oliva; Jarillo-Soto, Edgar; Castro-Albarrán, Juan Manuel
- Abstract
Objective. To assess the consequences of private outsourcing on the overall supply and filling of prescriptions in state health services. Material and Methods. The research was conducted using quantitative and qualitative techniques in 13 states. The information was collected through interviews and direct observation. The interviews were carried on staff of state health services related to the drug supply chain and users of health services. The quantitative approach examined the percentage of stocked full recipes in a sample of users. Results. States that have opted for the fully outsourced model, and properly monitored this choice, have increased the supply of drugs to their users and guaranteed the supply in the care units in charge. Other states with the outsourced model have multiple problems: direct purchase of drugs not included in the basic drugs catalogue, failure of suppliers and shortage of supplies in the laboratories that provide the company. The main disadvantages identified in all models were: the subordination of the medical criteria to administrative criteria, insufficient planning based on local care needs, heterogeneous procedures, insufficient knowledge of regulations and lack of normativity. Conclusion. The results indicate that the incorporation of private providers in the drug supply chain may not be the solution to bring down the shortage faced by health services, especially at the hospital level. The shift to outsourcing models has developed without incorporating evaluation mechanisms and the consequences that this transition can have on state health systems must be investigated more deeply.
- Subjects
MEXICO; MEDICAL care research; DRUG prescribing; QUANTITATIVE research; QUALITATIVE research; SCIENTIFIC observation; SUPPLY chain management
- Publication
Salud Pública de México, 2011, Vol 53, pS445
- ISSN
0036-3634
- Publication type
Article