Author | Lima, Marina Guimarães | |
Author | Ribeiro, Andréia Queiroz | |
Author | Rozenfeld, Suely | |
Author | Klein, Carlos Henrique | |
Author | Acurcio, Francisco de Assis | |
Access date | 2020-01-07T13:57:05Z | |
Available date | 2020-01-07T13:57:05Z | |
Document date | 2011 | |
Citation | LIMA, Marina Guimarães et al. Factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Latin american journal of pharmacy, v. 30, n. 7, p. 1401-1405, 2011. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0326-2383 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/39028 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Acta farmaceutica bonaerense: Latin american journal of pharmacy | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Saúde do idoso | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Economia da saúde | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Farmacoeconomia | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Farmacoepidemiologia | pt_BR |
Title | Factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in Belo Horizonte, Brazil | en |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
Abstract | A study was carried out to analyze the factors associated with drug spending by the elderlypopulation in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Data were obtained using a household survey of 667 community-dwelling persons aged 60 years or older conducted in 2003. A Tobit multivariate model was used to ana-lyze factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures. Data from 590 respondents were used for theanalysis. The mean out-of-pocket pharmaceutical expenditure was US$ 38.91. Better sociodemographicconditions, worse health conditions and greater use of health services were associated with out-of-pocketpharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in Belo Horizonte. The out-of-pocket pharmaceutical ex-penditures by elderly people were high considering their income level. The factors that influence spendingshould be considered in the formulation of pharmaceutical policies that improve the health conditions ofelderly people. | en |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Faculdade de Farmácia. Departamento de Farmácia Social. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Departamento de Nutrição e Saúde. Viçosa, MG, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Faculdade de Farmácia. Departamento de Farmácia Social. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Aging health | en |
Subject | Health economics | en |
Subject | Pharmacoeconomics | en |
Subject | Pharmacoepidemiology | en |
DeCS | Health of the Elderly | pt_BR |
DeCS | Economics, Pharmaceutical | pt_BR |
DeCS | Health Economics | pt_BR |
DeCS | Pharmacoepidemiology | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 2362-3853 | pt_BR |