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- Title
Abasto y surtimiento de medicamentos en unidades especializadas en la atención de enfermedades crónicas en México en 2012.
- Authors
Contreras-Loya, David; Reding-Berna, Arturo; Gómez-Dantés, Octavio; Puentes-Rosas, Esteban; Pineda-Pérez, Dayana; Castro-Tinoco, Manuel; Garrido-Latorre, Francisco
- Abstract
Objective. To quantify the supply of essential drugs and the fully filled-in prescription level in the Units Specialized in the Treatment of Chronic Diseases (UNEMES-EC) in Mexico. Materials and methods. The supply and prescription indicators were measured in 30 of the 86 existing UNEMES-EC. The supply of drugs was recorded using a list of 17 essential drugs related to the treatment of diabetes, hypertension, overweight and obesity. The information on fully filled-in prescriptions was obtained through a questionnaire applied to 1 200 health care users. Results. Only 13.3% of these units showed a complete supply of the 17 essential drugs: Supply levels were higher in units with external drugstore service. 35% of the interviewed patients reported out-of-pocket expenditures in medicines. Conclusion. UNEMES-EC should improve their levels of drug supply and fully filled-in prescriptions to reduce out-of-pocket expenditures.
- Subjects
MEXICO; DRUG utilization; MEDICAL quality control; CHRONIC diseases; TREATMENT of diabetes; HYPERTENSION; THERAPEUTICS; OBESITY treatment; DRUG supply &; demand
- Publication
Salud Pública de México, 2013, Vol 55, Issue 6, p618
- ISSN
0036-3634
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21149/spm.v55i6.7307