title: Analysis of drug expenditure in medical departments from tertiary hospitals.
abstract: The aim of the study was to assess drug expenditure per hospital day in 37 departments of medical specialties from 12 tertiary hospitals of Iaşi city in 2001 year. The upper limit for drug expenditure per hospital day was considered the average total cost per hospital day recommended by the Ministry of Health for each specialty. Departments with drug expenditure that exceeded the recommended total cost per hospital day have been separately analyzed from the point of view of performance indicators (average hospital stay, utilization and bed turnover rate). In conditions of an appropriate AHS (meaning less than the recommended value by Ministry of Health for each specialty) and utilization rate (with values within interval 300-365), drug expenditure depend exclusively on the modes of prescribing pharmaceuticals.
authors.affiliation: Gr.T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iaşi, School of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Management.
authors.forename: Odetta
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Duma
mesh_terms: D016527:Drug Costs; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics*; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D012383:Romania