Evaluating a new pharmacy acquisition system in multiple sites
| Autor: | Joseph D. Kubal, Diane C. Cowper, Pamela Steigman, Laurie A. Darcy, Frances M. Weaver, John G. Demakis, Frank M. Bonarigo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Program evaluation
Matching (statistics) Social Psychology business.industry Vendor Strategy and Management Geography Planning and Development Drug availability Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Pharmacy Workload medicine.disease medicine Operations management Medical emergency Business and International Management Medical prescription business Veterans Affairs health care economics and organizations |
| Zdroj: | Evaluation and Program Planning. 17:25-31 |
| ISSN: | 0149-7189 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0149-7189(94)90020-5 |
| Popis: | This evaluation examined the impact of a newly instituted prime vendor (wholesaler) pharmaceutical system being tested in several Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals. A quasiexperimental preintervention, postintervention design involving 33 VA medical centers (VAMCs), which received the prime vendor system on a trial basis, and 32 hospitals, which served as matched comparison sites, was incorporated. Matching of sites was done by region of the country using several hospital characteristics. Mail questionnaires and in-person and telephone interviews were administered to relevant individuals in the pharmacy, fiscal, and acquisition and material management departments at each of the participating VAMCs. Results indicate that pharmacy and fiscal respondents were more satisfied with the prime vendor system than with the previous system. Drug availability and prescription fill rates improved and warehouse storage space and workload decreased. Drug costs and pharmacy storage space results were mixed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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