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Cost analysis of an aminoglycoside pharmacokinetic dosing program. 1984

J H Schloemer, and J J Zagozen

A two-year retrospective study was conducted on the effects on hospital costs and charges of a pharmacy-based pharmacokinetic consultation service for aminoglycosides. In a 185-bed, acute-care hospital, the pharmacy department provided a pharmacokinetic consultation service for all patients for whom serum aminoglycoside assays were ordered by the physician. Patient charges and hospital costs were determined for the 98 patients for whom, over a two-year period, pharmacokinetic consultations were performed. The effects of service were measured in terms of changes in costs and charges for drug products and supplies, changes in personnel costs based on altered dosing intervals, and laboratory costs and charges. Because many of the patients in the study were elderly, the kinetics service was able to increase the dosing interval for 45 patients. This produced reduced patient charges for drug products of $6284.55 for the 98 patients. Drug-assay charges were $9734.20 for these patients, but much of this cost would have been incurred without the kinetic service. Overall, the kinetic service reduced the hospital costs $563.28. Drug-charge savings to the patient and hospital costs were reduced by this pharmacy-based pharmacokinetic consultation service.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008510	Medication Systems, Hospital	Overall systems, traditional or automated, to provide medication to patients in hospitals. Elements of the system are: handling the physician's order, transcription of the order by nurse and/or pharmacist, filling the medication order, transfer to the nursing unit, and administration to the patient.	Hospital Drug Distribution Systems,Hospital Medication System,Hospital Medication Systems,Medication System, Hospital,Drug Distribution System, Hospital,Drug Distribution Systems, Hospital,Hospital Unit Dose Drug Distribution System,Hospital Unit Dose Drug Distribution Systems,System Hospital Medication,Systems, Medication Hospital,Hospital Medication, System,Hospital Medications, System,Hospital System, Medication,Hospital Systems, Medication,Medication Hospital System,Medication Hospital Systems,Medication, System Hospital,Medications, System Hospital,System Hospital Medications,System, Hospital Medication,System, Medication Hospital,Systems, Hospital Medication
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003365	Costs and Cost Analysis	Absolute, comparative, or differential costs pertaining to services, institutions, resources, etc., or the analysis and study of these costs.	Affordability,Analysis, Cost,Cost,Cost Analysis,Cost Comparison,Cost Measures,Cost-Minimization Analysis,Costs and Cost Analyses,Costs, Cost Analysis,Pricing,Affordabilities,Analyses, Cost,Analyses, Cost-Minimization,Analysis, Cost-Minimization,Comparison, Cost,Comparisons, Cost,Cost Analyses,Cost Comparisons,Cost Measure,Cost Minimization Analysis,Cost, Cost Analysis,Cost-Minimization Analyses,Costs,Measure, Cost,Measures, Cost
D004334	Drug Administration Schedule	Time schedule for administration of a drug in order to achieve optimum effectiveness and convenience.	Administration Schedule, Drug,Administration Schedules, Drug,Drug Administration Schedules,Schedule, Drug Administration,Schedules, Drug Administration
D006744	Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths