title: [Indicators for drug selection in health systems: an integrative review].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To produce a panel of the main drug selection indicators by performing an integrative literature review.
  
  
  METHODS
  After the elaboration of a review protocol, searches were conducted in LILACS, MEDLINE, Embase, and SciELO databases. The following search terms were used: "indicators"; "criteria"; "drug selection"; "pharmacy and therapeutics committee"; and "medication form"; with the applicable variations in English and Spanish. Sixteen original articles published between January 1996 and March 2012 were retrieved and reviewed to compose a panel of indicators.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-five quantitative and qualitative indicators were identified. These indicators were grouped according to conceptual similarities in three categories: 1) assessment of pharmacy and therapeutics committee structure; 2) evaluation of the general processes of drug selection; and 3) evaluation of the results of drug selection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The indicators identified reveal relative uniformity in the established patterns for drug selection. The group of indicators established in this study should serve as reference for the development and consolidation of drug selection in public health services.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil, rafaels.santana1@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rafael Santos
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Elisdete Maria Santos de
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Jesus
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Diana Graziele dos
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Divaldo Pereira de
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Lyra Júnior
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Silvana Nair
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Wellington Barros da
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services; D010606:Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee