Analysis of pharmaceutical assistance in planning: participation of professionals and qualification of management

Abstract

Background

The development of Pharmaceutical Assistance, as well as all areas of action of the SUS, is the responsibility of the three managing instances (municipal, state and federal). In this context, the participation of the actors responsible for its management in the forecast planning budget resources for allocation in this area is fundamental, according to their capacity and priority, taking into account the scarcity of resources and the needs verified.

Objective

To describe the participation of the ones involved in the pharmaceutical assistance, regarding instruments development for budgeting and health planning for their municipalities.

Method

This paper has analyzed information produced by the project “A assistência farmacêutica nas Redes de Atenção à Saúde: um recorte nas regiões do Projeto QualiSUS-Rede”, where data gathering, conducted from December 2013 to July 2015, in 485 municipalities and the Federal District, was handled through the interview of those in charge of the Pharmaceutical Assistance in the municipalities. The study was cross-sectional and analyzed variables related to the profile of the professionals responsible for Pharmaceutical Assistance regarding professional training, workload and work relationship, as well as the participation of these professionals in the elaboration of the budget planning (PPA, LOA, LDO) and health instruments (PS, PAS, RAG). Complimentarily, we verified the insertion of the planning instruments related to the study period in the SARGSUS System.

Results

Pharmaceutical assistance (n=417) was low as in the elaboration of the budget planning and health instruments, with a greater participation in the elaboration of PPP (24.0%) and PS (52.0%). Regarding PAS and RAG, there was a greater knowledge of the presence of actions related to pharmaceutical assistance by those who participated in its elaboration (67.0% and 68.8%, respectively).

Conclusion

The data depict unsatisfactory engagement of the actors responsible for Pharmaceutical Assistance in elaboration and awareness of the actions foreseen at the municipalities’ planning tools and suggests the produced planning instruments may not be linked with the real situation of the health services as well as with the rational use of financing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance.

Keywords:
health planning; pharmaceutical services; participative planning