Alexander M R, Alexander B, Mustion A L, Spector R, Wright C B
JAMA. 1982 Feb 12;247(6):831-3.
It has previously been shown that albumin costs in a Veterans Administration Hospital constituted a large portion of the pharmacy drug budget and that much albumin was prescribed inappropriately. Therefore, a program of education and use monitoring was instituted to improve understanding and prescribing of this product. Inappropriate use declined from 41% to 26% of total albumin units and, more dramatically, total cost of albumin used had decreased by 90% one year after this program was initiated. Projected yearly savings from decreased use was more than $85,000. These results demonstrate that such a program can promote more appropriate use of albumin and effect a cost savings for hospitals.
此前已有研究表明，一家退伍军人管理局医院的白蛋白费用在药房药品预算中占很大一部分，而且许多白蛋白的处方并不恰当。因此，制定了一项教育和使用监测计划，以增进对该产品的了解并改善其处方情况。不恰当使用从白蛋白总使用量的41%降至26%，更显著的是，该计划启动一年后，白蛋白的总使用成本下降了90%。预计因使用量减少每年节省超过85,000美元。这些结果表明，这样的计划可以促进白蛋白的更合理使用，并为医院节省成本。
