Access to continued-use medication among older adults, Brazil

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and associated access factors for all continued-use prescription drugs and the ways in which they can be obtained. METHODS Data was obtained from the 2008 Household National Survey. The sample comprised 27,333 individuals above 60 years who reported that they us...

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Main Authors: Karynna Pimentel Viana, Alexandre dos Santos Brito, Claudia Soares Rodrigues, Ronir Raggio Luiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102015000100206&lng=en&tlng=en