Outpatient Clinical Pharmacy Case Review within the South Texas Veterans Health Care System,

Abstract

Outpatient pharmacy expenditures for the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) have increased at a rate of 1.4% per month; most of this increase can be attributed to an increase in the number of prescriptions being filled. The purpose of this project was to determine if a clinical pharmacy case review program designed to identify prescriptions that should be canceled or changed to cheaper alternatives can avoid sufficient cost to pay for itself. Cost-minimization ratios comparing potential cost-avoidance with the cost of labor associated with the review were calculated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA324300

Entities

People

  • David P. Deeter

Organizations

  • Academy of Health Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Drug Therapy
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Literature Surveys
  • Medical Personnel
  • Outpatient Clinics
  • Patient Care
  • Pharmacies
  • Therapy
  • Veterans Health

Fields of Study

  • Education
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Medical or Health Care Field.