Pharmacoepidemiology applied to public programs for diabetic patients in Alta Gracia (Córdoba, Argentina)
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https://doi.org/10.31052/1853.1180.v15.n1.7009Keywords:
Pharmacoepidemiology, Drug Utilization Studies (DUS), Defined Daily Dose (DDD), Prescibed Daily Dose (PDD), Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Data BaseAbstract
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease related to hyperglycaemia, and its treatment purposes are preventing and reducing the complications which cause more than 70% of deaths. Health programs with drug supply at public health facilities in Alta Gracia City were analized: Hospital Arturo Umberto Illia (HAUI), depending on the Health Ministry of the Province of Córdoba, and 12 dispensaries, depending on the Dirección de Salud Pública (DSP) of the Municipality of Alta Gracia.
A total of 540 patients were identified in the merged data base and 49 were found in both settings. Drug consumptions, expressed in DDD per 100 patient under program by day, were: 25.2 in HAUI and 24.6 in DSP for Glibenclamide; 17.6 in HAUI and 13.1 in DSP for Metformin; 59.0 in HAUI for Insulin.
The information obtained from the Pharmacy Services let the development of a diabetic patient data base and a consumption drug utilization study.
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