Current Situation of Pharmacoeconomics Analysis in Hospital Pharmacies

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Currently,much importance is being placed on developing policies to ensure that medical costs are adequately monitored in Japan.Therefore,medical institutions must achieve a balance between maintaining and improving the quality of medical services and efficiently managing them.Though pharmacists are helping to improve the quality of medical care through the promotion of proper drug use,whether this actually contributes to the management of medical services has not been investigated.Up till now,doctors have prescribed medications at their own discretion based solely on their assessment of the patient’s condition but if there could be discussion on the most appropriate medications for patients with other medical professionals,particularly pharmacists,this would increase opportunities for drug use.We have previously reported the results of our analyses of the contribution of pharmacoeconomics to hospital management,evaluation of choice of medication,and team medical treatment,and in this review,present some specific examples.Our findings indicate that pharmacists can contribute to raising the quality of drug therapy and medical management.Furthermore,they should also help to expand the role played by pharmacists in medical institutions.

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