Factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

A study was carried out to analyze the factors associated with drug spending by the elderly population in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Data were obtained using a household survey of 667 communitydwelling persons aged 60 years or older conducted in 2003. A Tobit multivariate model was used to analyze fact...

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Autores principales:	Lima, Marina G., Ribeiro, Andréia, Rozenfeld, Suely, Klein, Carlos H., Acurcio, Francisco de A.
Formato:	Articulo
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	2011
Materias:	Farmacia Adulto aging health; health economics; pharmacoeconomics; pharmacoepidemiology gastos farmacéuticos
Acceso en línea:	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/8313 http://www.latamjpharm.org/resumenes/30/7/LAJOP_30_7_1_24.pdf
Aporte de:	SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata

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spellingShingle	Farmacia Adulto aging health; health economics; pharmacoeconomics; pharmacoepidemiology gastos farmacéuticos Lima, Marina G. Ribeiro, Andréia Rozenfeld, Suely Klein, Carlos H. Acurcio, Francisco de A. Factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
topic_facet	Farmacia Adulto aging health; health economics; pharmacoeconomics; pharmacoepidemiology gastos farmacéuticos
description	A study was carried out to analyze the factors associated with drug spending by the elderly population in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Data were obtained using a household survey of 667 communitydwelling persons aged 60 years or older conducted in 2003. A Tobit multivariate model was used to analyze factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures. Data from 590 respondents were used for the analysis. The mean out-of-pocket pharmaceutical expenditure was US$ 38.91. Better sociodemographic conditions, worse health conditions and greater use of health services were associated with out-of-pocket pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in Belo Horizonte. The out-of-pocket pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people were high considering their income level. The factors that influence spending should be considered in the formulation of pharmaceutical policies that improve the health conditions of elderly people.
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author	Lima, Marina G. Ribeiro, Andréia Rozenfeld, Suely Klein, Carlos H. Acurcio, Francisco de A.
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title	Factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
title_short	Factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
title_full	Factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
title_fullStr	Factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed	Factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
title_sort	factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in belo horizonte, brazil
publishDate	2011
url	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/8313 http://www.latamjpharm.org/resumenes/30/7/LAJOP_30_7_1_24.pdf
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Factors associated with pharmaceutical expenditures by elderly people in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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