Do we know the costs of what we prescribe? A study on awareness of the cost of drugs and devices among ICU staff

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1194-1198

  Conti, G ^a,c   Dell'Utri, D ^a   Pelaia, P ^b   Rosa, G ^a   Cogliati, A A ^a   Gasparetto, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Drugs; Equipment; ICU

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ATRACURIUM; ATROPINE; BETAMETHASONE; CLONIDINE; DOPAMINE; FENTANYL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOFLURANE; PANCURONIUM; PENICILLIN G; PROPOFOL; RANITIDINE; TEICOPLANIN; THIOPENTAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CATHETER; DRUG COST; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; ITALY; NEEDLE; PUMP; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINE CATHETER;

AWARENESS; DRUG COSTS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROME;

EID: 0031722148     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050744     Document Type: Article

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