METODOLOGIAS DE ESTUDOS DE AVALIAÇÃO DE PROGRAMAS GOVERNAMENTAIS DE SAÚDE E ASSISTÊNCIA FARMACÊUTICA: REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA / METHODOLOGIES FOR EVALUATION STUDIES OF GOVERNMENT HEALTH AND PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Government health programs are subjected to evaluations in order to achieve positive results linked to the efficient use of limited resources. Currently, the governmental pharmaceutical assistance programs stand out, that because the issue of medicines consists one of the most complex theme in modern health policy. Given its strategic role in health care, this study aimed to identify the methodological characteristics of current scientific production about evaluations of government health and pharmaceutical assistance programs. This is a both quantitative and qualitative study, with an exploratory and descriptive purpose, outlined by bibliographic research conducted in the Virtual Health Library. The selected materials were analyzed according to their objective and methodology. It was observed a predominance of quantitative research in the articles, efficiency as the most evaluated dimension, documentary research as the main procedure for data collection, STATA was the most common software, significance was the most used measure, and Pearson's chi-square test was the most applied statistical test. It was concluded that the analyzed studies have been developed using reliable statistical bases and that the evaluation of the program costs represents a gap in the scientific production about this theme.