Citation
(2001), "Saving Money on Medicines: The Drugs Budget Handbook", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 14 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2001.06214cae.005
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
Saving Money on Medicines: The Drugs Budget Handbook
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Saving Money on Medicines: The Drugs Budget Handbook
P. BlanchRadcliffe Medical Press2001ISBN 1 85775 433 6
This book is a comprehensive guide to all the important issues in managing a primary care budget. It will help GPs and other healthcare professionals to understand and to make the most effective use of the prescribing allocation. It gives numerous examples of how savings can be made, and outlines the resources which are available.
The purchase of OTC drugs is a real option for patients, and a new formulary is included which classifies medicines according to their active ingredients, in much the same way as the BNF does for prescribing drugs. Other alternatives to prescribing, such as lifestyle changes and alternative therapies, are considered with examples of where these could be used.