Interrelationships among Mortality Rates, Drug Costs, Total Cost of Care, and Length of Stay in United States Hospitals: Summary and Recommendations for Clinical Pharmacy Services and Staffing

2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Bond ◽  
Cynthia L. Raehl ◽  
Todd Franke
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Cost Of Care ◽  
Drug Costs ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy Services

Cost Justification of Clinical Pharmacy Services on a General Surgery Team: Focus on Diagnosis-Related Group Cases

1988 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 906-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen E. Bertch ◽  
Hind T. Hatoum ◽  
Michael S. Willett ◽  
Kenneth W. Witte
Keyword(s):  
Patient Outcome ◽  
General Surgery ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Clinical Pharmacist ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Cost Avoidance ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy Services ◽  
Related Group ◽  
Perceived Impact

We used a novel approach to cost-justify clinical pharmacy services on a general surgery team in nine diagnosis-related group cases. The clinical pharmacist monitored nine patients longitudinally on a general surgery team from admission to discharge and intervened in their therapeutic management. Each recommendation was analyzed for rationale, acceptance, perceived impact on quality and/or cost of patient care, whether self-initiated or solicited, and impact on patient outcome. Types of recommendations and outcomes were categorized by process and outcome measurement criteria. Total cost avoidance per patient was calculated using costs of drug therapy, laboratory tests, and length of stay. Accounting for cost of clinical pharmacy services, net cost avoidance per patient was calculated. The clinical pharmacist made 101 recommendations on nine patients. Physicians accepted 82 percent of the recommendations; 77 percent of the recommendations were self-initiated and 23 percent were solicited. Recommendations had a perceived impact on cost, quality, or both at 13, 31, and 56 percent, respectively. Most recommendations (79 percent) brought patient therapy to a level of conformance with current standards of practice as documented in the medical literature. Recommendations that potentially preserved a major organ function by preventing drug-induced toxicity or the exacerbation of existing problems constituted 16 percent of the total. None of the accepted recommendations adversely affected patient outcome and 23 percent directly resulted in a measurable positive outcome in patient care. A total of four hospital days was potentially saved for two cases. Based on objective outcome criteria, a 1.9-day increase in therapeutic control was documented per patient. Total cost avoidance was $465.12 per patient and the cost of clinical pharmacy services was $23.66 per patient; net cost avoidance was therefore $441.46 per patient. For the duration of the study, the clinical pharmacist documented that similar input was required and actually provided to 40 percent of the patients admitted to the service. Based on an annual census of 1000 patients, the projected annual net cost avoidance was $176 584.

Economic evaluations of clinical pharmacy services in the United States: 2011-2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 793-806
Author(s):  
Brian Talon ◽  
Alexandra Perez ◽  
Connie Yan ◽  
Ali Alobaidi ◽  
Katherine H. Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Evaluations ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy Services
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