Rivers Patrick A, Hall Nina German, Frimpong Jemima
College of Applied Sciences & Arts, Southern Illinois University, USA.
J Health Care Finance. 2006 Spring;32(3):8-19.
Prescription drug costs have been the focus of much research in the health care economy, within managed care organizations, and hospital systems. Pharmacy costs are drivers of general health care spending, premium increases, and to a lesser extent, hospital spending. Factors contributing to increased prescription spending include increased prescription use, replacement of older, cheaper drugs with new and more expensive ones, and the costly prices of retail prescription drugs. In this article, we review the cost of prescription drugs as they relate to general health care costs and the costs associated with operating a hospital organization. We also address what is currently being done to control the cost of prescription drugs in the hospital setting.
处方药成本一直是医疗保健经济、管理式医疗组织以及医院系统内众多研究的焦点。药房成本是总体医疗保健支出、保费上涨的驱动因素，在一定程度上也是医院支出的驱动因素。导致处方药支出增加的因素包括处方药使用增加、用更新且更昂贵的药物替代旧的、更便宜的药物，以及零售处方药价格高昂。在本文中，我们回顾了与总体医疗保健成本相关的处方药成本以及与运营医院组织相关的成本。我们还探讨了目前在医院环境中为控制处方药成本所采取的措施。
