Using government data to understand the use and availability of medicines for hypertension and diabetes: lessons from Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Regular measurement of the availability and use of key medicines for non-communicable diseases allows the tracking of progress to achieve equitable access to medicines. Using a country-level public sector monitoring system for medicine supply, we aim to evaluate the availability and use of losartan 50 mg tablets and metformin 850 mg tablets between 2015 and 2020 investigating the impact of different policy changes and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Data from the Peruvian National System of Medicine Supply were analyzed using an interrupted time series analysis with known and unknown structural breaks. The outcomes assessed were medicine use (monthly doses dispensed at facilities over time) and medicine availability (proportion of facilities that reported having th

SUBMITTER: Tenorio-Mucha J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9675072 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature