在短缺期间,关键药物应该如何配给?
1Associate chief pharmacy officer of shared services at University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City.
AMA journal of ethics
|April 2, 2024
概括
由于药物短缺,需要进行配给. 需要明确,公平的分配稀缺药物的战略,根据COVID-19大流行病的教训来改善未来的药物短缺管理.
科学领域:
- 药物经济学 药物经济学
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
- 临床药房 临床药房
背景情况:
- 越来越多的药物短缺需要临床医生进行药物配给.
- 现有的医疗系统政策对药物短缺往往缺乏透明度关于配给标准和决策者.
- 随着COVID-19的流行,在药物短缺期间,人们非常需要公平的药物配送策略.
研究的目的:
- 强调需要在管理药物短缺方面制定透明和公平的战略.
- 倡导制定明确的标准来配给稀缺药品.
- 为未来的药物短缺管理利用与流行病相关的经验.
主要方法:
- 对药物短缺对临床实践的影响分析.
- 审查医疗保健系统现有的药物配给政策.
- 检查从COVID-19大流行中学到的关于稀缺药物分配的经验教训.
主要成果:
- 基本药物的配给是临床医生日益增长的现实.
- 缺乏透明的药物配给标准是一个重大挑战.
- 流行病的经验强调了强有力的短缺管理计划的必要性.
结论:
- 清晰,公平和透明的策略对于配给稀缺药物至关重要.
- 制定和实施这些战略对于医疗保健系统至关重要.
- 从COVID-19大流行中吸取的教训应该指导未来制造药品短缺管理协议.
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