Costs Associated with the Inappropriate Route of Administration of Parenteral Histamine2-Receptor Antagonists

ME Savitsky, DM Kirking, LA Cornish, DJ Crudo… - 1987 - journals.sagepub.com
The objectives were to assess the parenteral route for cimetidine and ranitidine and to
determine excess medication costs associated with inappropriate use. Criteria were based …

Efficiency and effectiveness in health care

N Ikegami - Daedalus, 1994 - JSTOR
Japan has been able to achieve the seemingly impossible com bination of cost containment,
universal coverage, and no overt rationing of its health-care system. This has not been the …

Oral administration of spermine inhibits gastric acid secretion in rats

J Nandi, MV Wright, D Fromm, TK Ray - Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1983 - Springer
Administration of spermine by oral route inhibits the histamine-stimulated gastric acid
secretion in pylorous ligated rats. The extent of both the acid and volume of secretion is …

Effect of a pharmacy-based cost-containment program on cimetidine costs and use

KM Kong, WF Johnson, PO Anderson… - American Journal of …, 1987 - academic.oup.com
A program developed by the University of California at San Diego Medical Center to curb
over-prescribing of cimetidine is described. Guidelines for cimetidine use were approved in …

Is cimetidine being prescribed indiscriminately? An analytic survey of patients who present with symptoms of peptic ulcer disease.

TJ Elmslie, WW Rosser, SJ Sollars… - Canadian Medical …, 1984 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
An analytic survey was done to determine the influence of previously documented peptic
ulcer disease (PUD) on the frequency of prescribing cimetidine to patients who present at a …

General practice formularies: the way ahead?

J Lexchin - Canadian Family Physician, 1989 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
THERE ARE significant problems with the prescribing habits of Canadian physicians. An
analysis of 12 surveys of in-hospital antibiotic prescribing shows that antibiotics were …

Factors influencing prices offered to pharmaceutical purchasing groups

TR Raehtz, R Milewski… - American Journal of Health …, 1987 - academic.oup.com
Purchasing-group characteristics that influence pharmaceutical-vendor pricing are
discussed. A questionnaire about pricing practices and a self-addressed stamped envelope …

Computer-assisted practitioner-response system for studying the use of cimetidine

JI Schwartz, TJ Kennedy - American Journal of Hospital …, 1982 - academic.oup.com
A computer-assisted practitioner-response system was used to review cimetidine use in one
hospital. All patients receiving cimetidine from April 1, 1981, through May 15, 1981, were …

Medical education reduces inappropriate use of cimetidine in a teaching hospital

DC Gardiner, MC Champion, D Sweet… - CMAJ: Canadian …, 1985 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Before and after an education program to improve appropriate prescribing of cimetidine in
an 810-bed teaching hospital, all new prescriptions written during a 4-week period were …

[CITATION][C] Strained mercy: the economics of Canadian health care

RG Evans, M Brown - … The economics of canadian health care, 1984 - pesquisa.bvsalud.org
Strained mercy : The economics of canadian health care | Toronto; Butterworths and Company;
1984. 390 p. Tab. | PAHO loading Conteúdo principal 1 Busca 2 Rodapé 3 +A A -A Alto …