Reducing drug costs at a Veterans Affairs hospital by increasing market-share of generic fluoxetine

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-84

  Dobscha, Steven K ^a,b   Winterbottom, Lisa M ^a,b,c   Snodgrass, LeAnn S ^c  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Portland Center for the Evaluation of Clinical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressive agents; Clinical; Decision support systems; Drug utilization; Economics; Pharmaceutical

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; GENERIC DRUG; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG COST; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; VETERAN;

COST CONTROL; DRUG COSTS; DRUGS, GENERIC; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FLUOXETINE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; OREGON; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES;

EID: 33847372173     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-006-9062-7     Document Type: Article

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