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Why Health Care Managers Are Reluctant To Rational Use Of Medicines? Case Study In A Regional Hospital Morocco
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Belrhiti, Zakaria Mohamed, Yammou |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Background: Irrational medicine use is a major health problem. It is responsible for low medical care quality and squandering of valuable resources in low and middle income countries. In Morocco, the ministry of health implemented rational medicine use policy in order to optimize drug usage and ensure access to medicine for deprived population. To what extend hospitals have implemented rational medicine use strategy? What are the major facilitators and barriers to its implementation? Method: We have conducted an in dept qualitative case study using document analysis and semi structured interviews with health care managers at strategic, tactical and operational level. Results: Implementation gap between policy of rational use of medicines and the actual practices in hospitals is partly due to the lack of information management systems, low commitment of professionals and non effective institutional communication. Main facilitating factors are technical support from Ministry level executives and the institutionalization of medicine committee. Conclusion: In order to improve rational medicines use it is necessary to institutionalize medicine committee in hospitals and trigger change through communicating and implementation of medicine related information management system. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://print.ispub.com/api/0/ispub-article/29819 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
