Internal rate of varying prices of consumable and medicines in a high complexity university hospital

Abstract

Study model: This is a case study in which data from a real hospital context were analyzed. Objectives: To describe the price variation indexes of HCFMRP-USP (IVPH), in the year 2013, general for consumer materials and medicines, specific for consumer and specific for drugs. Methods: For the IVPH, the Paasche Index was defined as the most adequate for the hospital consumption. For the calculation, a consumption set was defined as 40% of the financial expense in 2012, which represented 13% of the items and also the items that had regular consumption, that is, in all the months of January to December 2013. Results: The general IVPH were 6.74% for materials and medicines; 6.97% for consumer materials and 6.73% for medicines. Conclusions: Buying at prices practiced in the market and using tools to analyze the purchasing power of institution contributes to the correct and rational application of the meager resources available. The proposal to create the internal price variation index is to contribute as a resource management tool and to analyze the evolution of purchasing power of the HCFMRP-USP, as well as the standardized index of price variation is used to analyze the power of purchase of the currency.