Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
ACCESO Y USABILIDAD DE MEDICAMENTOS: PROPUESTA PARA UNA DEFINICIÓN OPERACIONAL. |
| Alternate Title: |
ACCESS AND USABILITY TO MEDICATIONS: A PROPOSAL FOR AN OPERATIONAL DEFINITION. |
| Authors: |
Oscanoa, Teodoro J.1 teodoro.oscanoa@essalud.gob.pe |
| Source: |
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública. 2012, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p119-126. 8p. |
| Subjects: |
DRUG accessibility, OPERATIONAL definitions, HOUSEHOLD surveys, TREATMENT effectiveness, DRUG utilization, SURVEYS |
| Abstract (English): |
Research about accessibility to medicines through household surveys is very important in order to verify the reality and effectiveness of interventions done to increase the access of the population to the medications. Unfortunately, such studies, on top of being very few, have methodological problems, which mostly result from a lack of uniformity in the operational definitions of access and the differentiation with the dimensions of accessibility. The aim of this paper is to propose setting a difference between both terms. We propose an operational definition of access to medications as the process of verification of the purchase of a drug by a patient, independently from many factors that can affect this process. The term "usability of drugs" is introduced, defining it operationally as aimed at measuring the dimensions of the accessibility to the medications: physical availability, affordability, geographical accessibility, acceptability (or satisfaction). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Spanish): |
Las investigaciones sobre accesibilidad a medicamentos con encuestas a hogares, son de gran importancia para verificar la realidad y eficacia de las medidas de intervención para mejorar el acceso de medicamentos en la población. Desafortunadamente dichos estudios, además de ser escasos, presentan problemas metodológicos, que en su mayor parte son consecuencia de una ausencia de uniformidad en las definiciones operacionales de acceso y su diferenciación con las dimensiones de la accesibilidad. El objetivo de la propuesta es diferenciar ambos términos. Se propone definir operacionalmente acceso a medicamentos al proceso de verificación de la obtención de un fármaco por un paciente, independiente de diversos factores que pueden afectar el proceso. Se introduce el término "Usabilidad de fármacos", definiéndolo operacionalmente como los procesos destinados a medir las dimensiones de la accesibilidad de los medicamentos: disponibilidad física, asequibilidad, accesibilidad geográfica, aceptabilidad (o satisfacción). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
MedicLatina |
