Mueller B A, Abel S R
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University, IN.
DICP. 1990 Apr;24(4):422-5. doi: 10.1177/106002809002400416.
Using a pharmacy intervention form, we measured the influence that university-based pharmacy educational personnel had on the pharmacy department's drug costs and on patient charges over a three-month period. A total of 278 interventions were made; 88.8 percent were implemented. Implemented interventions decreased drug costs by $1661.99 and decreased patient charges by $5938.37. The average implemented intervention decreased drug cost by $6.73 and patient cost by $24.04. Regardless of economic benefits, 218 of the 247 implemented interventions were considered to have positive clinical effects on patient care. Educational personnel were responsible for generating $6028.27 of fee revenues to the pharmacy department through generation of pharmacokinetic drug dosing consults. We conclude that the educational programs provided by the pharmacy department through affiliation with a college of pharmacy directly contributed $7690.26 to the pharmacy department in the form of cost-avoided dollars and revenue generation over a three-month period. The provision of educational services by a hospital pharmacy department results in financial rewards as well as other benefits that have been previously described.
我们使用药房干预表，测量了大学药房教育人员在三个月期间对药房部门药品成本和患者费用的影响。总共进行了278次干预；88.8%得到实施。已实施的干预措施使药品成本降低了1661.99美元，患者费用降低了5938.37美元。平均每次已实施的干预措施使药品成本降低6.73美元，患者成本降低24.04美元。无论经济效益如何，在247次已实施的干预措施中，有218次被认为对患者护理具有积极的临床效果。教育人员通过开展药代动力学药物剂量咨询，为药房部门创造了6028.27美元的费用收入。我们得出结论，药房部门通过与药学院合作提供的教育项目，在三个月的时间里，以避免成本和创收的形式，直接为药房部门贡献了7690.26美元。医院药房部门提供教育服务会带来经济回报以及之前所述的其他益处。
