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Nursing Home Medication Costs
Author(s) -
HOWARD JOHN B.,
STRONG KENNETH E.,
STRONG KENNETH E.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1978.tb01965.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nursing homes , medical prescription , nursing , family medicine , intensive care medicine
The cost of discarded drugs at a level‐IH nursing home was calculated for a four‐year period. A significant percentage of the cost seemed to be the result of poor prescribing practices. Prescriptions for antibiotics and for psycho‐tropic drugs (particularly PRN orders) are discussed in some detail. Medication policies were developed to improve physicians' prescribing habits in order to reduce these costs without jeopardizing the quality of care.