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Universidade Estadual de Maringá
2012
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- Judicial litigations and social welfare: access to medicines in two towns in the Santa Catarina State, Brazil Silvana Nair Leite Cristine Schaefer Kelly Fittkau Medicina lawsuits access to medicines Pharmaceutical services The growing number of lawsuits to obtain free medicines from the Brazilian Health System (SUS) is analyzed to characterize the supply of the requested drugs in two towns with different social and economic characteristics and different municipal pharmaceutical assistance organizations. Data for 2006 and 2007 were collected from the archives of the Municipal Health of Blumenau and Social Welfare Department of Aurora, two towns in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The number of patients assisted in both towns was similar in 2007 (115 in Aurora and 160 in Blumenau). A total of 0.53/1,000 inhabitants sought this kind of access in Blumenau, with an average cost of R$ 2,503.29 and R$ 1.33 per capita; in Aurora, 21.29 users/1,000 inhabitants sought the service, with an average cost of R$ 101.63 and R$ 2.14 per capita. In Blumenau, cardiovascular medicines were the most requested, mostly from specialist physicians; in Aurora, drugs that act on the central nervous system were the most prescribed, mainly by FHP physicians. The differences evidenced the situation of the pharmaceutical organization in the two towns and their level of organization with regard to the public health system. 2012 artículo científico 1679-9291 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307226825010 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3072 Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences application/pdf Universidade Estadual de Maringá Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences (Brasil) Vol.34