A descriptive review of the methodologies used in household surveys on medicine utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies carried out in the community enable researchers to understand access to medicines, affordability, and barriers to use from the consumer's point of view, and may stimulate the development of adequate medicines policies. The aim of the present article was to describe methodological and analytical aspects of quantitative studies on medicine utilization carried out at the household level.

Methods

Systematic review of original papers with data collected in studies in which the household was a sampling unit, published between 1995 and 2008. The electronic review was carried out in Medline/Pubmed, Scielo and Lilacs. The reference lists of the papers identified were examined, as well as other publications by their authors. Studies on the utilization of specific ph

SUBMITTER: Bertoldi AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2584639 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature