To describe the profile of lawsuits related to drug requests filled at the Federal Justice of the State of Paran?.
A cross-sectional study, and the data were obtained through consulting the lawsuits at the online system of the Federal Justice of Paran?.
Out of 347 lawsuits included in the study, 55% of plaintiffs were women, with a median age of 56 years. Oncology was the field with more requests (23.6%), and the highest mean costs. A wide variety of diseases and broad variety of requested drugs were found in the lawsuits. Approximately two-thirds of them were requested by the brand name, and the most often requested drugs were palivizumab and tiotropium bromide. Only 14.5% of the requested medicines were registered in the National Medication Register. The Public Defender's Office filled actions in 89.6% of cases and all lawsuits had an interim relief. The mean time for approval was 35 days and 70% of requests were granted.
Oncology was the field with the highest demand for medicines at the Federal Justice of Paran? in 2014. A great variety of medications was requested. The Public Defender?s Office represented most lawsuits. All demands had an interim relief, and the majority of requests were granted, within an average of 35 days.
Descrever o perfil das a??es que solicitam medicamentos ajuizadas na Justi?a Federal do Paran?.
Estudo transversal descritivo, cujos dados foram obtidos por meio de consulta aos processos no sistema on-line da Justi?a Federal do Paran?.
Dentre os 347 processos inclu?dos no estudo, 55% dos autores eram mulheres, com mediana da idade de 56 anos, sendo a ?rea mais procurada a oncologia (23,6%). A ?rea oncol?gica tamb?m foi a que apresentou maiores custos m?dios. Foi ampla a variedade de doen?as geradoras das a??es e tamb?m foi consequentemente grande a variedade de medicamentos solicitados. Cerca de dois ter?os dos f?rmacos foram solicitados pelo nome comercial, e os mais requeridos foram o palivizumabe e brometo de tiotr?pio. Apenas 14,5% dos medicamentos solicitados estavam cadastrados no Registro Nacional de Medicamentos. A Defensoria P?blica impetrou as a??es em 89,6% dos casos. Todos os processos pediam antecipa??o de tutela do medicamento. O tempo m?dio para deferimento foi de 35 dias, sendo que 70% dos pedidos foram deferidos.
A ?rea com maior n?mero de casos de demanda de medicamentos na Justi?a Federal do Paran? no ano de 2014 foi de Oncologia. Observou-se grande variedade de medicamentos solicitados. A maioria das a??es foi impetrada pela Defensoria P?blica. Todas as demandas exigiram antecipa??o de tutela, sendo que a maioria dos pedidos foram deferidos, num prazo m?dio de 35 dias.