Involving physicians in efforts to control pharmaceutical expenditures.
Managed care methods of influencing physician prescribing behavior work as well in hospital settings as they do in the ambulatory environment. The authors studied the effect of pharmacist interventions in certain diagnostic areas and found that these efforts do result in significant cost savings.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
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D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000191:economics*; D005572:Formularies, Hospital as Topic; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006785:Hospitals, University; D010414:Pennsylvania; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D010606:Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics*