National Drug Policy
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13. Generic drugs and its social importance the municipal policlinic from Campinas-São José/SC case / O uso dos medicamentos genéricos e sua relevância social : o caso da Policlínica Municipal de Campinas - São José
Como forma de contribuir para a avaliação da política nacional de medicamentos genéricos e sua relevância social, este trabalho investigou, mediante estudo de caso em uma unidade pública de saúde, o conhecimento que têm prescritores, dispensadores e usuários relativamente aos medicamentos genéricos e a confiança que neles depositam. Para situar hi
Publicado em: 2007
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14. Uso prejudicial e dependência de álcool e outras drogas na agenda da saúde pública: um estudo sobre o processo de constituição da política pública de saúde do Brasil para usuários de álcool e outras drogas
This study takes on as its object the process of creation of the public health policy for the user of alcohol and other drugs, established in the year 2003. Assuming beforehand that health policies are not established exclusively from the need of a special attention to issues involving health, the effort was to identify the factors and conditions that made p
Publicado em: 2006
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15. Amazonia e politica de defesa no Brasil (1985-2002)
The proposalof this work is to analyze the role Amazonia has obtained in Brazil s defense policy, between 1985 and 2002. In the last 20 years, Amazonia is the region of the country that has attracted more attention of defense policy makers. This has occurred mainly because of the region s great strategic importance, its rich biodiversity, and also, due to th
Publicado em: 2004
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16. Reforma del sector salud y la política farmacéutica en Perú
This article analyzes the Shared Pharmaceutical Management Program (PACFARM) and its relationship to pharmaceutical policy in Peru within the scope of health sector reform. Implementation of various programs for essential medicines has involved an on-going effort towards improving the supply of essential drugs to the community. However, the corresponding leg
Cadernos de Saúde Pública. Publicado em: 2002-08
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17. Centros de informação sobre medicamentos no Brasil : passado, presente e perspectivas do Sistema Brasileiro de Informação sobre Medicamentos
Introduction. After discussion on different elements that justify the existence of DICs, definitions of drug information and drug information centers were given and related to the usual activities of the centers, having the passive information as their main activity, the pharmacist, who is a specialist in drug information is the professional who has the most
Publicado em: 1999
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18. Prescription drug abuse. Patient, physician, and cultural responsibilities.
The abuse of prescription drugs is one facet of America's drug problem that is particularly complex because access to prescription drugs must be maintained for some purposes and contained for others. The American Medical Association has sponsored two national conferences to grapple with the confluence of the medical access to prescription drugs and a nationa
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19. Chemical dependency and drug testing in the workplace.
Urine testing for drug use in the workplace is now widespread, with the prevalence of positive drug tests in the work force being 0% to 15%. The prevalence of marijuana use is highest, and this can be reliably tested. Though it is prudent to rid the workplace of drug use, there is little scientific study on the relationship of drug use and workplace outcomes
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20. Therapy of Falciparum Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa: from Molecule to Policy
The burden of falciparum malaria remains as great as ever, and, as has probably always been the case, it is carried mainly by tropical Africa. Of the various means available for the control of malaria, the use of effective drugs remains the most important and is likely to remain so for a considerable time to come. Unfortunately, the extensive development of
American Society for Microbiology.
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21. Plasmodium falciparum Drug Resistance in Madagascar: Facing the Spread of Unusual pfdhfr and pfmdr-1 Haplotypes and the Decrease of Dihydroartemisinin Susceptibility▿
The aim of this study was to provide the first comprehensive spatiotemporal picture of Plasmodium falciparum resistance in various geographic areas in Madagascar. Additional data about the antimalarial resistance in the neighboring islands of the Comoros archipelago were also collected. We assessed the prevalence of pfcrt, pfmdr-1, pfdhfr, and pfdhps mutatio
American Society for Microbiology (ASM).
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22. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme 2003–2004
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) grew by 8% in 2003–04; a slower rate than the 12.0% pa average growth over the last decade. Nevertheless, the sustainability of the Scheme remained an ongoing concern given an aging population and the continued introduction of useful (but increasingly expensive) new medicines. There was also concern that the Austral
BioMed Central.
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23. Measuring the performance of urban healthcare services: results of an international experience
The objective of this paper is to apply a framework for country‐level performance assessment to the cities of Montreal, Canada, and Barcelona, Spain, and to use this framework to explore and understand the differences in their health systems. The UK National Health Service Performance Assessment Framework was chosen. Its indicators went through a process o
BMJ Group.
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24. Utilization of specialty mental health care among persons with severe mental illness: the roles of demographics, need, insurance, and risk.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the sociodemographic, need, risk, and insurance characteristics of persons with severe mental illness and the importance of these characteristics for predicting specialty mental health utilization among this group. DATA SOURCE: The Healthcare for Communities survey, a national study that tracks alcohol, drug, and mental health services