Substance Admin Substitution - formulary

INTRODUCTION Use of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) can improve safety and reduce costs of care by alerting prescribers to… (More)

BACKGROUND Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) with formulary decision support (FDS) prompts prescribers to prescribe lower… (More)

OBJECTIVES To examine the impact of incentive formularies on prescription drug spending shifts in formulary compliance, use of… (More)

BACKGROUND Effective methods to control the emergence of extended-spectrum beta -lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and… (More)

Selective pressures generated by the indiscriminate use of beta-lactam antibiotics have resulted in increased bacterial… (More)

 

BACKGROUND Expenditures for medications used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children have increased… (More)

Several recent bills in Congress to add a Medicare prescription drug benefit would allow the use of formularies to control costs… (More)

Three out of four patients who ask their physician for a drug receive it. Do patients really wield so much influence? While… (More)

In 1995, changes in our hospital formulary were made to limit an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and resulted in… (More)