Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate medical economic costs associated with optimizing drugs brought to a cardiology hospital for inpatients with the help of pharmacists and doctors.
Methods: We optimized drugs brought to the hospital, compared patient backgrounds, and estimated medical economic costs.
Results: Medicine expenditure was 34.36 yen per day per patient post drug optimization with the help of pharmacists and doctors. Estimated glomerular filtration rates were significantly lower and patient ages and the number of prescriptions optimized were significantly higher in patients who regularly used 10 or more drugs than in those who used fewer than 10 drugs.
Conclusion: A drug cost reduction effect is expected with the collaboration between doctors and pharmacists, and with prescription optimization of drugs brought to a hospital.
