Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to ascertain the pharmacoeconomical efficacy of a clinical pathway (CP) employing medication management and instruction tasks (i. e. pharmaceutical care and counseling for inpatients) in gastrectomy patients. Pharmaceutical services of a uniform quality were provided. These included a CP check sheet, medication management, and a history of the drugs chiefly prescribed by pharmacists. As a result, the average number of hospitalized days among the patients who were offered pharmaceutical care compared with those who were not was significantly shortened from 35.4 days to 26.1 days (P<0.001). Moreover, the average cost of medication was also significantly reduced from 270,631 yen to 190,331 yen (P<0.05). These data provide the first evidence that a CP employing medication management and instruction tasks for gastrectomy patients may play a substantial role in saving on medical costs.
Source: Journal of Nippon Medical School
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.70.53
Authors: Yuya Ise, Kazuyoshi Honjo, Shizuka So, Makoto Senoo, Shiro Katayama, Masaaki Hirano, Kyoko Mitsuhashi, Toshiro Yoshiyuki, Teruo Kiyama
Institutions: Nippon Medical School Hospital, Nippon Medical School
Language: Japanese
Subfield: Pharmacology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2027591865