The adoption of generic drugs by a hospital: effects on drug dispensation among community pharmacies

BACKGROUND: The objective of the current study is to elucidate the effect that the adoption of generic drugs by a large hospital has on the dispensation of generic drugs by community pharmacies. We evaluated the percentage of generic drugs dispensed by pharmacies and the cost of drugs dispensed befo...

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Autores principales: Tachi, Tomoya, Saito, Kosuke, Esaki, Hiroki, Sugita, Ikuto, Yoshida, Aki, Kanematsu, Yuta, Noguchi, Yoshihiro, Umeda, Michi, Yasuda, Masahiro, Mizui, Takashi, Tsuchiya, Teruo, Goto, Chitoshi, Teramachi, Hitomi
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5853161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29564146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40780-018-0102-6
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author Tachi, Tomoya
Saito, Kosuke
Esaki, Hiroki
Sugita, Ikuto
Yoshida, Aki
Kanematsu, Yuta
Noguchi, Yoshihiro
Umeda, Michi
Yasuda, Masahiro
Mizui, Takashi
Tsuchiya, Teruo
Goto, Chitoshi
Teramachi, Hitomi
author_facet Tachi, Tomoya
Saito, Kosuke
Esaki, Hiroki
Sugita, Ikuto
Yoshida, Aki
Kanematsu, Yuta
Noguchi, Yoshihiro
Umeda, Michi
Yasuda, Masahiro
Mizui, Takashi
Tsuchiya, Teruo
Goto, Chitoshi
Teramachi, Hitomi
author_sort Tachi, Tomoya
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description BACKGROUND: The objective of the current study is to elucidate the effect that the adoption of generic drugs by a large hospital has on the dispensation of generic drugs by community pharmacies. We evaluated the percentage of generic drugs dispensed by pharmacies and the cost of drugs dispensed before and after the adoption of generic drugs by a large hospital. METHODS: Participants comprised patients who were admitted to Gifu Municipal Hospital prior to its adoption of generic drugs (November 1, 2013 to November 14, 2013) and after its adoption (November 1, 2014 to November 14, 2014) and who utilized generic drugs dispensed by pharmacies. RESULTS: Results indicated that the pre-adoption dispensation rate of generic drugs by pharmacies was 48.3% (477/926 drugs), while the post-adoption rate was 57.7% (604/1046 drugs), indicating an increase of 9.4 points (P < 0.001). Furthermore, an investigation into the price paid for generic drugs as a percentage of the total price paid for all drugs indicated the following: the pre-adoption percentage was 23.5% (9756/41,461 yen), and the post-adoption percentage was 34.1% (19,221/56,438 yen), indicating an increase of 10.6 points (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study revealed that the adoption of generic drugs by a hospital may promote the use of generic drugs by pharmacies and lead to reduced medical costs as well.
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spelling pubmed-58531612018-03-21 The adoption of generic drugs by a hospital: effects on drug dispensation among community pharmacies Tachi, Tomoya Saito, Kosuke Esaki, Hiroki Sugita, Ikuto Yoshida, Aki Kanematsu, Yuta Noguchi, Yoshihiro Umeda, Michi Yasuda, Masahiro Mizui, Takashi Tsuchiya, Teruo Goto, Chitoshi Teramachi, Hitomi J Pharm Health Care Sci Research Article BACKGROUND: The objective of the current study is to elucidate the effect that the adoption of generic drugs by a large hospital has on the dispensation of generic drugs by community pharmacies. We evaluated the percentage of generic drugs dispensed by pharmacies and the cost of drugs dispensed before and after the adoption of generic drugs by a large hospital. METHODS: Participants comprised patients who were admitted to Gifu Municipal Hospital prior to its adoption of generic drugs (November 1, 2013 to November 14, 2013) and after its adoption (November 1, 2014 to November 14, 2014) and who utilized generic drugs dispensed by pharmacies. RESULTS: Results indicated that the pre-adoption dispensation rate of generic drugs by pharmacies was 48.3% (477/926 drugs), while the post-adoption rate was 57.7% (604/1046 drugs), indicating an increase of 9.4 points (P < 0.001). Furthermore, an investigation into the price paid for generic drugs as a percentage of the total price paid for all drugs indicated the following: the pre-adoption percentage was 23.5% (9756/41,461 yen), and the post-adoption percentage was 34.1% (19,221/56,438 yen), indicating an increase of 10.6 points (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study revealed that the adoption of generic drugs by a hospital may promote the use of generic drugs by pharmacies and lead to reduced medical costs as well. BioMed Central 2018-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5853161/ /pubmed/29564146 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40780-018-0102-6 Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Tachi, Tomoya
Saito, Kosuke
Esaki, Hiroki
Sugita, Ikuto
Yoshida, Aki
Kanematsu, Yuta
Noguchi, Yoshihiro
Umeda, Michi
Yasuda, Masahiro
Mizui, Takashi
Tsuchiya, Teruo
Goto, Chitoshi
Teramachi, Hitomi
The adoption of generic drugs by a hospital: effects on drug dispensation among community pharmacies
title The adoption of generic drugs by a hospital: effects on drug dispensation among community pharmacies
title_full The adoption of generic drugs by a hospital: effects on drug dispensation among community pharmacies
title_fullStr The adoption of generic drugs by a hospital: effects on drug dispensation among community pharmacies
title_full_unstemmed The adoption of generic drugs by a hospital: effects on drug dispensation among community pharmacies
title_short The adoption of generic drugs by a hospital: effects on drug dispensation among community pharmacies
title_sort adoption of generic drugs by a hospital: effects on drug dispensation among community pharmacies
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5853161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29564146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40780-018-0102-6
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