Clinical and economic value of in-hospital clinical pharmacy activities form a health care perspective

Economic evaluations have become increasingly important in health care systems. Scarce resources necessitate to consider both outcomes and costs to guide decision-making. This dissertation explores the return on investment of pharmaceutical recommendations in a hospital setting ('a clinical pharmacy service'). Subsequently the clinical added value of clinical pharmacy, the methodology to evaluate a clinical pharmacy program and the studied cost benefit are presented. In a last part this work explores the role of information technology in reducing the pharmacist workload.

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