Access to high-cost medications for psoriatic arthritis in the National Health System in Brazil: the long path up to dispensation.

Michael Ruberson Ribeiro da SilvaJéssica Barreto Ribeiro Dos SantosAlessandra Maciel AlmeidaJuliana Alvares-TeodoroAdriana Maria KakehasiFrancisco de Assis Acurcio

Published in: Advances in rheumatology (London, England) (2019)

The median time to receive medicines for the PsA treatment in Belo Horizonte health region after a medical prescription was higher than 2 months. The time between the solicitation of the medicines and the authorization of the treatment in the SUS (State administrative procedure) was the main component of the total time spent.

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