title: [A study of the goods supply system from hospital to outpatients with intermittent self-catheterization(ISC)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study investigated the current status of goods supplied by medical facilities to outpatients practicing ISC.
  
  
  METHODS
  The status of goods supplied was investigated by interviewing 4 medical facilities and 26 outpatients practicing ISC, using a questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  1. Of all goods supplied for use by outpatients practicing ISC, 53. 0%were supplied by medical facilities. The outpatients bought some goods required for ISC by himself. Moreover, some goods were supplied by prescription. 2. When a hospital was consulted, while there were those to whom goods are not supplied from a hospital, there were those to whom much kinds and quantity are supplied from the hospital. As for the patient to whom many kinds and the goods of quantity are supplied, goods expense formed about 70% of ISC administration fee.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In order to establish goods feed system, it was necessary to examine a common knowledge of the structure of goods supply to doctors or nurses and the validity of the ISC administration fee system from now on.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Dept., Kanazawa Medical University.
authors.forename: Shuko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimasaki
authors.forename: Tsugiyasu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: Kazuyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kyuji
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D057928:Intermittent Urethral Catheterization / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires