Economic Analysis of Patient’s Own Medication, Unit-Use and Ward Stock Utilization: Results of the First Pilot Study

• Main Authors: Hamimatul Hayat Abdul Nasir, -, Hui Poh Goh, -, Daniel Vui Teck Wee, -, Khang Wen Goh, -, Kah Seng Lee, -, Andi Hermansyah, -, Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi, -, Long Chiau Ming, -
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine; RS Pharmacy and materia medica; RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica; RS200-201 Pharmaceutical dosage forms
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/124019/1/Bukti%20Artikel%20C-10.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124019/2/Bukti%20Validasi%20dan%20Penilaian%20Karil%20C-10.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124019/3/Bukti%20Similarity%20C-10.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124019/4/Bukti%20Korespondensi%20C-10.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124019/; https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/18/11350; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811350
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Background: Medication wastage is causing a cost burden to the healthcare system that is worth millions of dollars. An economic and ecological friendly intervention such as using a patient’s own medications (POM) has proven to reduce wastage and save the cost spent by the hospital. The potential ben...