%0 Journal Article
%T Avalia£¿£¿o do impacto da polimedica£¿£¿o nas verbas de internamento nas unidades de longa dura£¿£¿o e manuten£¿£¿o
%A Ferreira
%A Nelson Manuel de Lima
%A Rodrigues
%A V¨ªtor Manuel Costa Pereira
%J Revista de Enfermagem Refer¨ºncia
%D 2012
%I Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra
%X context: the financial situation of welfare states obliges them to undertake a careful analysis and reflection of the whole field of health to ensure that their sustainability is possible. in portugal there is, as elsewhere in europe, a progressive aging of the population, a consequence of increased life expectancy and low birth rate. objectives: to evaluate the impact of polypharmacy in daily sums charged to a long-term care and maintenance unit. method: this was an exploratory case study with 65 users admitted to the long-term care and maintenance unit - dona elvira da camara lopes of santa casa da miseric¨®rdia da p¨®voa de lanhoso. results: there is major polypharmacy in this population, including an average of six prescription drugs per patient. calculation, based on a daily allowance of 10 eur, gives a high percentage impact of 37% on the budget allocated by the state. conclusion: it is necessary to understand prescribing patterns in other contexts as well as to ascertain the reasons/motives that lead to prescribing more than one drug.
%K polypharmacy
%K demographic aging
%K health expenditures.
%U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0874-02832012000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en