Antibiotic cost-containment.
A multidisciplinary, professional, and administrative approach to selecting therapeutic agents for formulary inclusion--as it is practiced at the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Medical Center--is described. The process by which members of a Drug Utilization Review Subcommittee evaluate drugs is explained in detail. Numerous factors, such as patient population characteristics, total therapy costs, adverse reactions, indications, dosage, and efficacy are considered. Findings, decisions, and economic cost-savings, specifically with respect to antibiotics, are revealed.
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000191:economics; D005572:Formularies, Hospital as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010606:Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000379:methods
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations