Challenges facing drug utilization research in the Latin American region

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dc.contributor.authorMassele, Amos Y.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-19T10:17:42Z
dc.date.available2022-01-19T10:17:42Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractPurpose The International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) in collaboration with the Latin America Drug Utilization Research Group (LatAm DURG), the Medicines Utilization Research in Africa (MURIA) group, and the Uppsala Monitoring Center, is leading an initiative to understand challenges to drug utilization research (DUR) in the Latin American (LatAm) and African regions with the goal of communicating results and proposing solutions to these challenges in four scientific publications. The purpose of this first manuscript is to identify the main challenges associated with DUR in the LatAm region. Methods Drug utilization (DU) researchers in the LatAm region voluntarily participated in multiple discussions, contributed with local data and reviewed successive drafts and the final manuscript. Additionally, we carried out a literature review to identify the most relevant publications related to DU studies from the LatAm region. Results Multiple challenges were identified in the LatAm region for DUR including socioeconomic inequality, access to medical care, complexity of the healthcare system, limited investment in research and development, limited institutional and organization resources, language barriers, limited health education and literacy. Further, there is limited use of local DUR data by decision makers particularly in the identification of emerging health needs coming from social and demographic transitions. Conclusions The LatAm region faces challenges to DUR which are inherent in the healthcare and political systems, and potential solutions should target changes to the system.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSalas, M., Lopes, L.C., Godman, B., Truter, I., Hartzema, A.G., Wettermark, B., Fadare, J., Burger, J.R., Appenteng, K., Donneyong, M. and Arias, A., 2020. Challenges facing drug utilization research in the Latin American region. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 29(11), pp.1353-1363.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1002/pds.4989
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/857
dc.language.isoesen_US
dc.publisherPharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safetyen_US
dc.subjectDrug utilizationen_US
dc.subjectPharmacoepidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.titleChallenges facing drug utilization research in the Latin American regionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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