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Medicamentos excepcionais para doença renal crônica: gastos e perfil de utilização em Minas Gerais, Brasil

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: In Brazil, medicines for treatment of chronic renal failure are available free of cost from the Unified National Health System (SUS). This study's objectives were to describe government spending on these drugs in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, and the patients' profile, as well as to analyze the factors associated with individual average monthly costs. Spending on medication for chronic renal failure (R$ 41.6 million, or U$25 million) represents a significant portion of total spending on outpatient procedures in the National health System (9.6%). Most patients are young adult males with arterial hypertension as the main cause of chronic renal failure. Multivariate analysis showed a trend towards lower spending on elderly patients, those with diabetes as the main underlying disease, those using iron hydroxide, and in municipalities with a lower human development index, or HDI (p < 0.05). Finally, the study indicated the importance of management tools that allow monitoring the trajectory of individual patients in the health system and support appropriate health policymaking.

Source: Cadernos de Saúde Pública

DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2011000200017

Authors: Grazielle Dias da Silva, Francisco de Assis Acúrcio, Mariângela Leal Cherchiglia, Augusto Afonso Guerra Júnior, Eli Iola Gurgel Andrade

Institutions: Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Minas Gerais, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Public Health in Brazil

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2169853543

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Cites: 21

Cited by: 9

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