{"title":"A prospective dosage adjustment program in a geriatric population.","authors":"S R Guharoy","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article describes the successful implementation of a prospective drug dosage adjustment program that has achieved cost-containment, improved quality of patient care, and optimum usage of clinical pharmacy services. It has significantly reduced the number of unnecessary doses administered and lowered the possibility of adverse drug reactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":79758,"journal":{"name":"Topics in hospital pharmacy management","volume":"14 1","pages":"67-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Topics in hospital pharmacy management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This article describes the successful implementation of a prospective drug dosage adjustment program that has achieved cost-containment, improved quality of patient care, and optimum usage of clinical pharmacy services. It has significantly reduced the number of unnecessary doses administered and lowered the possibility of adverse drug reactions.