Prescribing and research in medicines management (uk & ireland): Conference 2013 imperial hotel london january 24TH 2013 'intelligent polypharmacy... it's not all about the number'

摘要

To evaluate the daily drug cost of critically ill patients and investigate this in terms of severity of illness and mortality. This is via designing a patient specific and reproducible method that accommodates for the diversity of critically ill patients. Methods The study was conducted at a London Teaching Hospital Critical Care Unit. Data were collected for patients who were either discharged or died during September 2011 and stayed longer than 48 hours. The drug-cost was based on 150 drugs which equated to 97% of the total drug expenditure for the study month. This cost was then related to patient's acuity and outcome.