title: Rural hospitals: are you missing out on drug savings?
abstract: The 340B Drug Pricing Program requires drug manufacturers to offer outpatient drugs at a reduced price to certain safety net organizations that provide healthcare services to vulnerable populations. In a survey, participants reported pharmacy savings ranging from $600 to $158,000 per month, with a mean savings of $19,700 and a median savings of $10,000. The biggest challenge in administering the program is maintaining separate records for inpatient and outpatient drugs, according to participants.
authors.affiliation: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C., USA. aradford@schsr.unc.edu
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radford
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Slifkin
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schur
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baernholdt
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000191:economics*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations