A assistência farmacêutica nos planos municipais de saúde: análise da região verdes campos do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

In 1988, the Federal Constitution created the Unified Health System (SUS), defining that health is everyone's right and a duty of the state. Considering the health needs of the population, planning plays an important role. The Municipal Health Plan (PMS) is the document that must contain the situational diagnosis, projects and results to be achieved by municipal governments in four years of management and these are expressed in objectives, guidelines and goals guiding public policies. Within the transversal policies that make up the Health Care Networks, there is Pharmaceutical Assistance (AF), which must be integrated and articulated with other SUS programs and services. This study aimed to analyze the contents related to PA in the PMS of the municipalities that make up the Verdes Campos region of Rio Grande do Sul, from 2010 to 2021 and the qualitative data analysis technique used was Bardin's Content Analysis. The findings in the PMS of the analyzed periods reveal that the PA is little present in the organization chart and presents a growth in relation to the situational analysis. Also, that its objectives and goals are related to ensuring the supply of medicines, implementation with emphasis on Pharmaceutical Care, the development of educational actions related to medicines, the improvement of human, physical and technological resources and work management. Thus, it can be considered that this public policy is under development, showing that several barriers still need to be overcome so that PA becomes increasingly potent.