A Program for Optimizing Product Combination of Injectable Drugs
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- TAKASHIMA Yasuyuki
- Department of Pharmacy, Tsukuba University Hospital
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- BABA Yasuyuki
- Department of Pharmacy, Tsukuba University Hospital
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- HOMMA Masato
- Department of Pharmacy, Tsukuba University Hospital Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba
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- OHNO Kunihiro
- NaU Data Institute Inc.
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- NAGASAWA Isao
- Graduate School of Computer Science and System Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
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- KOHDA Yukinao
- Department of Pharmacy, Tsukuba University Hospital Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 注射剤規格選択の最適化プログラムの試作と適用
Description
Objective : Injectable drugs usually include several products of different dosage and price. It is, therefore, difficult for pharmacists and medical staff to select the optimal combination of the products, which provides product selection and sufficient drug amounts prescribed while minimizing the price. We developed a support program for optimizing by using a processing software, NaU DSP®.<BR>Methods : Our program has a simple function to calculate and find the optimal combinations among the potential alternatives. We applied this program to analyze RANDA®, a cisplatin preparation, which has three products containing 10mg, 25mg and 50mg at a price of ¥4, 555, ¥11, 000 and ¥19, 860, respectively. Seven hundred forty-two prescriptions including RANDA® were investigated.<BR>Results : In seventy-eight prescriptions (11%), there was a reduction in the total price of the product combinations between the selection aided with and without the program.<BR>Conclusion : By using the optimization program, pharmaceutical costs can be curtailed more effectively than by arbitrary selection by medical staff.
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology/Yakuzai ekigaku
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Japanese Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology/Yakuzai ekigaku 8 (2), 61-66, 2003
Japanese Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001204482963200
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- NII Article ID
- 130004345384
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- ISSN
- 1882790X
- 13420445
- http://id.crossref.org/issn/13420445
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed
