Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Nondrug costs of therapy in acute care – are they important? | Critical Care December 2003 Vol 7 No 6 Edbrooke and Bourne Commentary Nondrug costs of therapy in acute care - are they important David L Edbrooke1 and Richard S Bourne2 1 Consultant in Intensive Care Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Medical Economics and Research Centre Sheffield UK 2Critical Care Pharmacist Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield UK Correspondence David L Edbrooke DEdbrooke@ Published online 6 November 2003 Critical Care 2003 7 420-421 DOI cc2403 This article is online at http content 7 6 420 2003 BioMed Central Ltd Print ISSN 1364-8535 Online ISSN 1466-609X Abstract Drug acquisition costs are only a proportion of the total costs associated with drug therapy. The relevance of these costs are often not appreciated. However they impact on the Intensive Care Unit via resources and quality of care. Increased indirect care by medical and nursing staff has the potential to adversely affect patient outcome. Redirecting staff to their primary role and reducing indirect patient activities will increase quality and allow more patients to be treated. Costs and resources are increasingly important in health care provision. Keywords drug costs indirect costs patient care personnel costs This issue of Critical Care includes an article by van Zanten and colleagues 1 on the nondrug costs associated with the administration of intravenous antibiotic therapy. The study highlights the fact that the acquisition costs the costs of the drug itself are only a proportion of the total costs. The additional costs of administration may be up to 53 of the daily costs of antibiotic therapy. There is no reason to doubt the results of this detailed study which included accurate measurement of costs. A more important philosophical question is what are the relevance of these costs The more sanguine among us may well argue that the nurses and doctors are on the intensive care unit ICU anyway and therefore their costs are not relevant. However costs have a .
