Thanh-Tuyen, CU <br/><br/>
PATENTED DRUGS  UTILIZATIO N: A STUDY AT NGUYEN DINH CHIEU HOSPITAL IN BEN  TRE PROVINCE  FROM 2011 TO 2017 

 - Vol.11(5) 
 - M P  Innovare Academic Sciences Pvt Ltd  2019 
 - 27-30p. 
<br/><br/> Objective<br/>: <br/>With<br/>  their<br/>  new  and  efficacious  active  ingredients,  p<br/>atented  drugs  have  important  roles  in  offering  high<br/>-quality  healthcare.  However,  <br/>huge  cost<br/>-related  barriers  in  accessing  patented  drugs  <br/>along  with  the  availability  of  low<br/>-cost  bioequivalent  generics  <br/>have <br/>great  impact  on  drug<br/>s <br/>pol<br/>icy<br/> in Vietnam. <br/>To understand situation of patented drugs <br/>utilization at hospitals<br/> for a certain period<br/>, this pilot study was conducted at Nguyen<br/>-<br/>Dinh<br/>-Chieu Hospi<br/>tal in Ben<br/>-Tre Province.<br/>Method<br/>s: <br/>The cross<br/>-sectional descriptive study was <br/>conducted<br/> on the retrospective<br/> data of all <br/>patented drugs<br/> used <br/>at Nguyen<br/>-Dinh<br/>-Chieu Hospital <br/>in Ben-<br/>Tre <br/>Province <br/>from 2011<br/>-2017<br/>. Characteristics of drugs utilization<br/> were described by frequency and percentage of drugs quantities and cost<br/>s. <br/>Criteria  for  the  description<br/>  were  as  follow<br/>s: <br/>active  ingredient,  route  of  administration,<br/>  therapeutic  class<br/>  and  manufacturing  country.  Data<br/>  were <br/>extracted from the <br/>hospital<br/> information<br/> system and were <br/>processed by R<br/> software<br/>. <br/>Nguyen Dinh Chieu <br/>Hospital, Ben Tre Provinc<br/>e, Vietnam<br/>Emai<br/>l:  hoangthynhacvu@upm<br/>.edu<br/>.vn <br/>Result<br/>s: <br/>From  2011  to  2017,  there  were  212  <br/>patented  drugs  used  which  related<br/>  to <br/>145  active  ingredients<br/>  and  20  <br/>therapeutic  class<br/>es.<br/>  88% <br/>were <br/>single active ingredient drugs and 49% were oral drugs.<br/> Antimicrobial and cardiovascular <br/>drugs <br/>represented<br/> the largest <br/>number  of  drugs  and  the  <br/>highest <br/>cost.<br/> 79% of patented drugs were manufactured by companies in Europe and <br/>th<br/>e majority<br/> came from France and Germany.<br/>Conclusio<br/>n: <br/>This study provided initial information about the utilization of patented drugs during a long period of time at a Vietnamese <br/>hospital. <br/>The understanding gained will aid medical managers in assessment and <br/>adjustment<br/> of the drugs list, thus, optimizing<br/> the h<br/>ospital  budget  and  the  <br/>equity in access to drugs within communities. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>PHARMACEUTICS