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Impact of team approach on reducing drug costs
Author(s) -
Karki Shyam D.,
Chandra Pradeep,
Holden J. M. C.,
Shehata Hany
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930030204
Subject(s) - formulary , drug , medicine , pharmacist , intensive care medicine , clinical pharmacy , clinical pharmacology , pharmacotherapy , psychiatry , pharmacology , nursing , pharmacy
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.