Abstract

GALVAN BORJA, David; MARTINEZ CARDENO, Rina; MACARENO BARVO, José Luis  and  PAJARO CASTRO, Nerlis. Characterization of the provision of the pharmaceutical service in the department of Sucre, Colombia. Rev. colomb. cienc. quim. farm. [online]. 2019, vol.48, n.2, pp.314-331. ISSN 0034-7418.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcciquifa.v48n2.82698.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the level of compliance of the pharmaceutical services of the Department of Sucre with the essential conditions and procedures established in the legal regulations in the country, as well as to determine the characteristics of the provision of this service. For which, an exploratory descriptive study was carried out. First, a census of pharmaceutical establishments from the department of Sucre was requested from the Departmental Secretary of Health and the Chamber of Commerce, and a sample of dependent and independent pharmaceutical services by municipalities was selected, after which a verification tool was designed based on the requirements demanded by Resolution 1403 of 2007, which was applied in the selected sites.

In the Department of Sucre, 99.47% of pharmaceutical services are located in urban areas, the service is predominantly independent and the technical direction is exercised mostly by pharmaceutical chemists. Regarding the compliance level, the dependent pharmaceutical services have 70.21% compliance and the independent 49.61%. In conclusion, there is evidence of a problem of access to medicines in rural areas and a high proportion of pharmaceutical services that are not part of the General System of Social Security in Health, in addition to shortcomings in the level of compliance especially in independent services, which generates great concern and the need to generate joint actions among universities, IPS, EPS and government to guarantee access, quality and proper use of medicines.

Keywords : Health system; pharmaceutical service; medicines; pharmaceutical chemists; pharmacy regent.

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