ArticleBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2001
Drug expenditure in hospitals: what do German ward physicians know?
Article in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Medication complexity, prescription behaviour and patient adherence at the interface between ambulatory and stationary medical care.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2013Article
- Public drug procurement: the lessons from a drug tender in a teaching hospital of a transition country.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2004Article
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Abstract
aimsWard physicians hold key positions in the course of efforts to reduce drug expenditures in hospitals. This study evaluated the knowledge of German hospital physicians with respect to the daily therapeutic costs of 21 frequently used drugs.
methodsA questionnaire survey was carried out among 168 ward physicians from university and municipal hospital departments of internal medicine.
resultsOne hundred and twenty-seven physicians returned a completed questionnaire, a response rate of 75.6%. On average the physicians successfully identified both low cost and expensive drugs. The prices of inexpensive and moderately expensive drugs were generally overestimated whereas those for the expensive and highly expensive drugs were underestimated in 35% and 68% of respondents, respectively.
conclusionsThe results of this survey of German hospital physicians suggest that a more economically efficient use of drugs could be achieved by an improved knowledge of daily therapeutic costs.
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