Polypharmacy: a challenge for the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System

• Main Authors: Renata Cristina Rezende Macedo do Nascimento (Author), Juliana Álvares (Author), Augusto Afonso Guerra Junior (Author), Isabel Cristina Gomes (Author), Micheline Rosa Silveira (Author), Ediná Alves Costa (Author), Silvana Nair Leite (Author), Karen Sarmento Costa (Author), Orlando Mario Soeiro (Author), Ione Aquemi Guibu (Author), Margô Gomes de Oliveira Karnikowski (Author), Francisco de Assis Acurcio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To characterize the polypharmacy in primary health care patients and to identify its associated factors. METHODS This is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and evaluative study, part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos - Se...