TY  - GEN
AU  - Thanh-Tuyen, CU
AU  - Tran-Thi Ngoc-Van
TI  - PATENTED DRUGS  UTILIZATIO N: A STUDY AT NGUYEN DINH CHIEU HOSPITAL IN BEN  TRE PROVINCE  FROM 2011 TO 2017
PY  - 2019///
CY  - M P
PB  - Innovare Academic Sciences Pvt Ltd
KW  - PHARMACEUTICS
N2  - Objective
: 
With
  their
  new  and  efficacious  active  ingredients,  p
atented  drugs  have  important  roles  in  offering  high
-quality  healthcare.  However,  
huge  cost
-related  barriers  in  accessing  patented  drugs  
along  with  the  availability  of  low
-cost  bioequivalent  generics  
have 
great  impact  on  drug
s 
pol
icy
 in Vietnam. 
To understand situation of patented drugs 
utilization at hospitals
 for a certain period
, this pilot study was conducted at Nguyen
-
Dinh
-Chieu Hospi
tal in Ben
-Tre Province.
Method
s: 
The cross
-sectional descriptive study was 
conducted
 on the retrospective
 data of all 
patented drugs
 used 
at Nguyen
-Dinh
-Chieu Hospital 
in Ben-
Tre 
Province 
from 2011
-2017
. Characteristics of drugs utilization
 were described by frequency and percentage of drugs quantities and cost
s. 
Criteria  for  the  description
  were  as  follow
s: 
active  ingredient,  route  of  administration,
  therapeutic  class
  and  manufacturing  country.  Data
  were 
extracted from the 
hospital
 information
 system and were 
processed by R
 software
. 
Nguyen Dinh Chieu 
Hospital, Ben Tre Provinc
e, Vietnam
Emai
l:  hoangthynhacvu@upm
.edu
.vn 
Result
s: 
From  2011  to  2017,  there  were  212  
patented  drugs  used  which  related
  to 
145  active  ingredients
  and  20  
therapeutic  class
es.
  88% 
were 
single active ingredient drugs and 49% were oral drugs.
 Antimicrobial and cardiovascular 
drugs 
represented
 the largest 
number  of  drugs  and  the  
highest 
cost.
 79% of patented drugs were manufactured by companies in Europe and 
th
e majority
 came from France and Germany.
Conclusio
n: 
This study provided initial information about the utilization of patented drugs during a long period of time at a Vietnamese 
hospital. 
The understanding gained will aid medical managers in assessment and 
adjustment
 of the drugs list, thus, optimizing
 the h
ospital  budget  and  the  
equity in access to drugs within communities
UR  - https://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ijpps/article/view/30841/19860
ER  -