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Drug Distribution and Prescription Handling
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Saved by Kirsten Holme
on February 16, 2009 at 9:47:43 am
Main conclusions
- There is evidence that interventions in connection with prescription handling can save medication costs and costs incurred from contaction health services.
- There is ample evidence that savings can be made by introducing dose dispensing.
- Considerable quantities of unused and expired medication, which also have a significant financial value, are returned to community pharmacies.
- There is evidence that user compliance is increasing and that users and carers are satisfied with dose dispensing.
- There is ample evidence that pharmacists can, in connection with prescription handling, identify and solve technical and drug-related problems of clinical significance.
- There is no evidence that community pharmacies can influence the number of unclaimed prescriptions by introducing various reminder systems for patients or doctors.
- No studies were found on the effect of interventions on patient health and well-being, drug comsumption and drug-related problems.
- There is evidence of frequent errors in hospitals prescription handled by Danish community pharmacies.
- There is evidence that pharmacists spend a significant portion of their working hours responding to electronic drug related interaction alerts, most of which can be disregarded.
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