Pharmacoeconomical Efficacy of Critical Pathways Instructions for Medication Management and Instruction Tasks for Gastrectomy Patients

Autor: Kazuyoshi Honjo, Makoto Senoo, Yuya Ise, Shizuka Sou, Teruo Kiyama, Toshiro Yoshiyuki, Kenji Nishizawa, Kyoko Mitsuhashi, Masaaki Hirano, Shirou Katayama
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Iryo Yakugaku (Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences). 29:28-32
ISSN: 1882-1499
1346-342X
DOI: 10.5649/jjphcs.29.28
Popis: The aim of the present study was to examine the pharmacoeconomical efficacy of critical pathways (CP) and medication management and instruction tasks (i.e. pharmaceutical care and counseling for inpatients) by employing gastrectomy patients. The pharmaceutical services of a uniform quality was provided for CP patients using a CP check sheet and medication management and instruction history of mainly prescribed medicine. As a result, in CP patients, which were offered pharmaceutical care, compared to non-CP patients, which were not offered such care, the average number of hospitalized days significantly decreased from 34.7 days to 24.7 days (p
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