title: Formulary management: antibiotics and therapeutic interchange.
abstract: A well-managed formulary provides pharmacy managers with opportunities for decreasing drug expenditures. Therapeutic interchange constitutes one of the many programs under a formulary system which may yield cost savings as improved patient outcomes. The process of therapeutic interchange is described and compared with therapeutic substitution and generic substitution. A procedure for developing and implementing a therapeutic interchange program is presented with case studies.
authors.affiliation: Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Omaha, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Massoomi
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000191:economics* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods; D003625:Data Collection; D016527:Drug Costs; D005572:Formularies, Hospital as Topic; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013810:Therapeutic Equivalency; D014481:United States