Avaliação de indicadores de estrutura em um serviço de revisão da farmacoterapia

Abstract

This study evaluates structure indicators used in the implantation of the Medication Review Service. Developmental research Methodological was carried out from March 2012 to March 2013, at the Medication Review Service of the school-based outpatient clinic of the University Hospital in Northeastern Brazil, in two consecutive steps. The first step consisted on a searching in the literature about structure indicators for Medication Review Service. On the second step was done the evaluation through the indicators gathered in the previous step. We gathered 28 structure indicators needed to assess o ther Medication Review Services that were divided into five categories: physical areas, human resources, material resources, documentation and funding. The Medication Review Service analyzed attended most indicators suggested by the literature.