Dificuldades na gestão da política de assistência farmacêutica: uma revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

This article consists of a bibliographic review of the difficulties in the management of pharmaceutical services. Medications are one of the therapeutic resources offered by the Unified Health System (SUS) and its use has increased in recent years. This represented a significant increase in spending, however, there was no proportional improvement in health indicators. A literature review was conducted in Virtual Health Library - Lilacs and SciELO, with the terms "drugs", "SUS", "costs", "waste", "losses" in September 2015. The search resulted in 26 articles and after reading, we selected eight articles with the desired characteristics. The small number of articles found evidence limited number of publications on the subject. Articles were evaluated for its structural part, methodological and submitted to thematic content analysis, according to Bardin. The major causes of inefficiency of health services, both public and private, are related to the lack of management control. Further studies are needed to evaluate the impact of the alternatives identified as solutions to this public health problem.