Serviços clínicos farmacêuticos em farmácia comunitária: um panorama além do Brasil.

Abstract

Along with the clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care concept, other concepts and activities centered on patient care, aimed the rational use of medicines, health promotion and improve the quality of life. This set of activities performed by the pharmacist are called pharmaceutical clinical services. The perform of these services in the community pharmacy is an important tool in primary health care and revitalizing it’s image as a provider of health establishment. In Brazil it’s a relatively recent activity in community pharmacies, although in developed countries is already practiced for years. The aim of this study was to describe the design and theoretical basis of such services in Brazil, and some countries, comparing the development of practice in Brazil in relation to other countries. A systematic search for articles in database was made in the time interval between 2006 and 2016. Thirty-six articles originating of fifteen countries were included in the study. The publication of articles on the subject has grown in the last two decades, particularly the studies that evaluate development of services, although need more research and discussion for consolidation. The pharmacist still finds difficulties to develop services in the community pharmacy and users are willing to receive and to pay, as already happens in some countries. The results show that the pharmaceutical clinical services has been effective and rapidly growing within the community pharmacy.