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Impact of team approach on reducing drug costs

✍ Scribed by Dr. Shyam D. Karki; Pradeep Chandra; J. M. C. Holden; Hany Shehata

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Weight: 393 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930030204

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✦ Synopsis

After partial success of traditional methods (closed formulary, use of generic drugs, retrospective drug usage review and continuing education) to reduce drug costs, a new-approach 'team approach' was tried. This involved a clinical pharmacist and psychiatrists jointly reviewing patient drug therapies in view of a previously agreed set of guidelines. These guidelines were formulated to optimize patient therapy after a thorough review of clinical pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of drugs and pathophysiology of different psychiatric disorders. Drug cost savings of 49% and 16% were achieved in two different wards. The clinical pharmacist's active involvement accounted for a difference of 33% between the two wards.

K E Y worn-Costs, prescribing, psychogeriatric patients.

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