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Towards a theoretical model on medicines as a health need

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  • Vargas-Peláez, Claudia Marcela
  • Soares, Luciano
  • Rover, Marina Raijche Mattozo
  • Blatt, Carine Raquel
  • Mantel-Teeuwisse, Aukje
  • Rossi Buenaventura, Francisco Augusto
  • Restrepo, Luis Guillermo
  • Latorre, María Cristina
  • López, José Julián
  • Bürgin, María Teresa
  • Silva, Consuelo
  • Leite, Silvana Nair
  • Mareni Rocha, Farias

Abstract

Medicines are considered one of the main tools of western medicine to resolve health problems. Currently, medicines represent an important share of the countries' healthcare budget. In the Latin America region, access to essential medicines is still a challenge, although countries have established some measures in the last years in order to guarantee equitable access to medicines. A theoretical model is proposed for analysing the social, political, and economic factors that modulate the role of medicines as a health need and their influence on the accessibility and access to medicines. The model was built based on a narrative review about health needs, and followed the conceptual modelling methodology for theory-building. The theoretical model considers elements (stakeholders, policies) that modulate the perception towards medicines as a health need from two perspectives – health and market – at three levels: international, national and local levels. The perception towards medicines as a health need is described according to Bradshaw's categories: felt need, normative need, comparative need and expressed need. When those different categories applied to medicines coincide, the patients get access to the medicines they perceive as a need, but when the categories do not coincide, barriers to access to medicines are created. Our theoretical model, which holds a broader view about the access to medicines, emphasises how power structures, interests, interdependencies, values and principles of the stakeholders could influence the perception towards medicines as a health need and the access to medicines in Latin American countries.

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  • Vargas-Peláez, Claudia Marcela & Soares, Luciano & Rover, Marina Raijche Mattozo & Blatt, Carine Raquel & Mantel-Teeuwisse, Aukje & Rossi Buenaventura, Francisco Augusto & Restrepo, Luis Guillermo & L, 2017. "Towards a theoretical model on medicines as a health need," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 178(C), pages 167-174.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:178:y:2017:i:c:p:167-174
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.02.015
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