Polypharmacy: a challenge for the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System

Polypharmacy: a challenge for the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To characterize the polypharmacy in primary health care patients and to identify its associated factors. METHODS This is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and evaluative study, part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Se...

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Main Authors: Renata Cristina Rezende Macedo do Nascimento, Juliana Álvares, Augusto Afonso Guerra Junior, Isabel Cristina Gomes, Micheline Rosa Silveira, Ediná Alves Costa, Silvana Nair Leite, Karen Sarmento Costa, Orlando Mario Soeiro, Ione Aquemi Guibu, Margô Gomes de Oliveira Karnikowski, Francisco de Assis Acurcio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2017-11-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Polypharmacy
Risk Factors
Patient Safety
Pharmaceutical Services
Primary Health Care
Health Services Research
Unified Health System
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