Characterization of the list of medicines of the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Vietnam

Abstract

Introduction: It is a key tool to guarantee the proper functioning of a hospital to have a safe and effective list of medicines.

Objective: Characterize the list of medicines used in the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecoloy of Vietnam in 2018.

Methods: It was conducted a descriptive study that included the number of medicines, their financing, the therapeutic group, the classification of high, medium or low expense, or vital, essential and not-essential; and the matrix in these two axes.

Results: The list of medicines had 249 products. The group of antibiotics and drugs for the control of infections was the most frequent, being a 16,14% of the total of medicines. More than half of the expenditure in medicines (VND 134 779 395 936,88) was financed by the National Medical Insurance. 26 medicines, mainly hormones treatments, were financed by the patients. Among the drugs of higher cost, there were four non-essential ones that require a review.

Conclusions: The list of medicines of the hospital is formed by a large number of therapeutic groups. The matrix analysis allows identifying the medicines to assess in the next process of updating of the list, as well as those that need a more frequent control.