Implementation of a pharmacy value analysis committee to drive rational, cost-effective medication use

• In: Posters
• At: Dublin (Ireland) (2013)
• Type: Poster
• By: DONNELLY, Andrew (University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Pharmacy, Chicago, United States of America)
• Co-author(s): Paek, Jamie (University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, United States of America)
  Garofalo, John (University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, United States of America)
  
• Abstract:

  
  Background:
  Reductions in reimbursement for health care in the United States have resulted in hospitals taking a variety of measures to reduce costs. A significant decrease in the Medicaid reimbursement rate for inpatients at the University of Illinois Hospital made identifying expense reduction initiatives critical to maintaining a net profit. To
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