LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Quality indicators of pharmacists' services in community pharmacies in Paraná State, Brazil

ABSTRACT Pharmacists and their pharmacies have been evolving in their roles as health promoters in Brazil. Some examples are the recent legislation reaffirming the role of Brazilian pharmacies as health institutions, rather than having only a commercial profile, giving greater clarity to pharmacists abou...

Rational use of medicines: prescribing indicators at different levels of health care

Ferreira, Maria Beatriz Cardoso; Heineck, Isabela; Flores, Liziane Maahs; Camargo, Aline Lins; Dal Pizzol, Tatiane da Silva; Torres, Iraci Lucena da Silva; Koenig, Alvaro; Trevisol, Daisson José; Melo, Adriana Mary Mestriner Felipe de; Cardoso, Teófilo Fernando Mazon; Monreal, Maria Tereza Ferreira Duenhas; Kadri, Mônica Cristina Toffoli.

Braz. j. pharm. sci; 49 (2), 2013

This multicenter study aimed to investigate prescribing patterns of drugs at different levels of health care delivery in university-affiliated outpatient clinics located in eight cities in the South and Midwest of Brazil. All prescriptions collected were analyzed for various items, including WHO prescrib...

Utilización de Medicamentos/ética, Indicadores de Salud, Prescripciones/clasificación, Indicadores de Calidad de la Atención de Salud/clasificación, Servicios Comunitarios de Farmacia/clasificación

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