title: Nursing home drug and nutritional therapy cost-savings by the consultant pharmacist.
abstract: The study demonstrated areas where the consultant pharmacist's recommendations, when requested by patient/family or facility and accepted by the attending physician, can produce substantial drug cost-reduction to the patient, facility, and Medicaid reimbursement system.
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D003363:Cost Control; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000191:economics*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000191:economics*; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics*; D010595:Pharmacists