Impact of Prescription-term Deregulation with Revised Medical Service Fees on Drug Therapy Management

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  • KAWAZOE Hitoshi
    Department of Pharmacy, Kagawa University Hospital
  • IIHARA Naomi
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kagawa Campus, Tokushima Bunri University
  • DOI Chiaki
    Department of Pharmacy, Kagawa University Hospital
  • MORITA Shushi
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University

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  • 診療報酬改訂に伴う「投与日数規制の原則廃止」の薬物療法管理に及ぼす影響
  • シンリョウ ホウシュウ カイテイ ニ トモナウ トウヨ ニッスウ キセイ ノ ゲンソク ハイシ ノ ヤクブツ リョウホウ カンリ ニ オヨボス エイキョウ

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Abstract

  The proclamation of April 2002 of a Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare ordinance has enabled doctors to prescribe drugs for an outpatient without a limit on the length of prescription terms except for a few drugs. There is a concern that the prescription-term deregulation could cause careless drug therapy management in order to extend the interval between patient hospital visits. The purpose of this study is to make pre- and post-deregulation comparisons of two items, prescription terms and implementation of clinical examination that complied with package-insert precautions, and to discuss the approaches to increase safety. Prescription terms have lengthened progressively. In the pre-regulation period of January to March 2002, the mean prescription term was 19.9 days; in the post-regulation period of July to September 2002, it was 24.9 days; and in July to September 2003, 28.6 days. Even for anti-tumor agents, there were prescriptions over 90 days after deregulation. There was no significant difference between the pre- and post-deregulation compliance ratios for the package-insert precautions in eight drugs of investigated nine. However, one case had a delay in detection of liver dysfunction, which was caused by deviation from the once-a-month testing indicated in the package-insert precautions for prolonged prescription terms. The evidence suggested that the deregulation led to negligent drug therapy management. To assure safe therapy, the following should be addressed: first, sufficient function of a computerized prescriber order entry system and second, creation of a new framework with pharmacists' active involvement such as collaborative therapy management with physicians.<br>

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  • YAKUGAKU ZASSHI

    YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 125 (12), 959-969, 2005-12-01

    The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

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