Cost analysis of a medication dispensing service in community pharmacy in Brazil
Braz. J. Pharm. Sci. (Online)
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56: e18715, 2020. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: biblio-1285511
ABSTRACT
This study was aimed to calculate in detail the costs of a medication dispensing service in community pharmacy in Brazil. Descriptive and retrospective analysis with a cost analysis based on mixed costing; absorption costing and time-driven activity based-costing, considering year 2018 and both public and private health system perspectives within a one-year time horizon to estimates costs related to implement and to deploy the service, costs per patient and costs per activity of process (US$ 1 = R$ 3.8310 in October, 2018). Total costs of dispensing service ranged from US$ 24,451.61 to US$ 37,914.48. Costs per patient ranged from US$ 2.43 to US$ 3.77. Costs per activity of the process ranged from US$ 0.39 in pharmacotherapy assessment to US$ 2.46 in pharmaceutical interview. This provides evidence to deploy and implement a structured medication dispensing service in community pharmacy in Brazil with a view to optimize the usage of medicines.
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Assunto principal:
Preparações Farmacêuticas
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Custos e Análise de Custo
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Comercialização de Produtos
Tipo de estudo:
Avaliação Econômica em Saúde
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Pesquisa qualitativa
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. J. Pharm. Sci. (Online)
Assunto da revista:
Farmacologia
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Teraputica
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Toxicologia
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Bélgica
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Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Federal University of Goiás/BR
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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/BE
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