Economic impact of clinical pharmacist interventions in a general tertiary hospital in Qatar.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With an increasingly strained health system budgets, healthcare services need to continually demonstrate evidence of economic benefits. This study sought to evaluate the economic impact of interventions initiated by clinical pharmacists in an adult general tertiary hospital.

Methods

A retrospective review of clinical pharmacist interventions was carried out throughout follow-up durations in March 2018, July/August 2018, and January 2019 in Hamad General Hospital (HGH) at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Qatar. The study included clinical pharmacy interventions data of patients admitted to the internal medicine, critical care, and emergency wards. Included interventions were documented by clinical pharmacists or clinical pharmacy specialists, and approved by phys

SUBMITTER: Abushanab D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234553 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature