title: A review of methods of drug cost management in hospitals.
abstract: To stem the ever-increasing cost of health-care various strategies are being introduced by health authorities world-wide. Methods to control drug costs are reviewed with a particular emphasis on hospital-centred strategies and the role of the pharmacist. The literature suggests that no one single strategy is consistently successful and that better results are obtained by using a combination of strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pacey
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Li Wan Po
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D016527:Drug Costs; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics; D017721:Hospital Costs; D010606:Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee; D006113:United Kingdom