Stručni rad
Traditional folk treatments versus chemical drugs in primary health care in Hungary
Agnes Simek
; Obrazovna praksa Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta Budapest Semmelweis, H-8263 Badacsonytördemic, Szent István str. Mađarska
Sažetak
Background: Drug costs for patients are increasing in Hungary, together with the increasing support of state drug-budget, while simple, cheap and effective natural traditional folk-treatments are available.Aims: to collect the folk treatment-methods, to overview their effectiveness and side effects, to define its cost-effectiveness, to see if patients preferred these curative processes instead of, or together with, prescription medicines.Methods: The customs of using traditional treatments were studied in 11 practices from different parts of Hungary. Every tenth patient with no acute health problems visiting their GPs completed a questionnaire on folk-treatments use in case of different complaints and symptoms and on collaboration with health care providers and civil helpers.Results: The data of 189 patients were evaluated. The results show that Hungarian people use effective traditional treatments only in a few cases. Since most plants used as a folk-treatment can be cultivated in gardens, their price is significantly less than that of the pharmaceuticals’. Most of the patients were properly cooperating with the medical staff.Conclusion: Many simple traditional aliments have been forgotten. Patients often consider over-the-counter medicines as traditional folk treatments. While usually they properly use the medicinal plants, some improper elements have also been noticed. This raised the necessity of a continual patient education in addition to the CME for GP-s. Correct and effective use of simple folk treatments may decrease the high costs of medicines for the population and also for the National Health Insurance Fund while providing effective and easily obtainable therapy.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
297169
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Datum izdavanja:
7.7.2011.
Posjeta: 88 *