期刊
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
卷 38, 期 5, 页码 758-766出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.03.007
关键词
Opioid analgesics; drag availability; Colombia; barriers; opioid legislation; education
资金
- Open Society Institute
Latin America consumes less than 2.7% of the morphine in the world, as reported by the governments to the International Narcotics Control Board. Methods to improve access to opioids for the treatment, of pain, have been, developed by the Pain & Policy Studies Group (PRSG), a World, Health Organization Collaborating Center at the University of Wisconsin. This article describes the preparation and implementation of an action plan in Colombia as a part, of an international fellowship program on opioid policy developed by the PPSG and funded by the, Open Society Institute. The action plan for Colombia included three steps: I) a survey of regulators rend health care providers to identify the current, situation and their perceptions of opioid availability in the regions of the country; 2) a workshop with representatives of the Ministry of Health, the national and state competent authorities, pain and palliative care physicians, and international, leaders, and 3) implementation workshops at the local level, throughout the country. For the survey, response rates of 47% and 96% were registered among physicians and competent authorities, respectively. The survey identified significant regional differences in perceived opioid availability between physicians and regulators. Focus group discussions during the workshop identified several reasons leading to limited availability of opioids in the country, including deficiencies in the procurement process, insufficient human resources, excessive bureaucratic tasks, insufficient number of pharmacies authorized to dispense controlled medications in the country, lack of training in the health, care professions, and overly restrictive laws and regulations governing opioid availability. The third step of the action plan has not been implemented, Additional and continuous monitoring needs to be implemented to measure the Progress of this project. J Pain Symptom Manage 2009;38:758-766. (C) 2009 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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