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Rational use of diagnostic tests for clinical decision making
Buehler,Anna Maria; Ascef,Bruna de Oliveira; Oliveira Júnior,Haliton Alves de; Ferri,Cleusa Pinheiro; Fernandes,Jefferson GomesSUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To assist clinicians to make adequate interpretation of scientific evidence from studies that evaluate diagnostic tests in order to allow their rational use in clinical practice. METHODS: This is a narrative review focused on the main concepts, study designs, the adequate interpretation of the diagnostic accuracy data, and making inferences about the impact of diagnostic testing in clinical p...
Health-related quality of life of patients of Brazilian primary health care
Ascef,Bruna de Oliveira; Haddad,João Paulo Amaral; Álvares,Juliana; Guerra Junior,Augusto Afonso; Costa,Ediná Alves; Acurcio,Francisco de AssisABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of patients of the primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) and its associated factors. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study with data from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational U...
Access to medicines by patients of the primary health care in the Brazilian Uni...
Álvares,Juliana; Guerra Junior,Augusto Afonso; Araújo,Vânia Eloisa de; Almeida,Alessandra Maciel; Dias,Carolina Zampirolli; Ascef,Bruna de OliveiraABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the access to medicines in primary health care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS), from the patients’ perspective. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study that used data from the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Services, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines), conduc...