Value and Types of Medicines Returned by Patients to Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Pharmacy, Oman
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2007, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Objectives: Frequent physician visits, improper therapeutic adherence and treatment modification after hospitalisation could result in unused medicine accumulating at home. Tis study aims to examine the value and types of medicines returned by patients at a tertiary care unit in Oman. Method: All medicines voluntarily returned to Sultan Qaboos University Hospital main pharmacy between February and June 2003 were reviewed. Te cost of these medicines and potential cost saving, if some were returned to the hospital distribution cycle, were computed. A method of determining by physical observation whether they can be recycled was developed based on institutional-based guidelines and criteria. Results: Tree hundred and eighty one patients returned their medicines (69% female). Te patients returned a total of 07 drugs (mean per patient 3. per month) corresponding to a total cost of Omani Rials (OR) 20,40 (mean per patient OR 0.6) ( OR = 2.58 US dollar). Potential cost saving was OR 5,550 (mean per patient OR 2.9). Medicines of the cardiovascular group were returned in greatest number (24%) while anti-infective drugs had the highest share of the total cost (6%). Conclusion: Te study identified values and types of medicines returned by patients at tertiary care unit in Oman. Medications used for cardiovascular and infectious diseases appeared as the most frequent and the most expensive returned medicines. It suggests that health care providers in Oman should devise health education programmes to improve proper utilization of medicine.
Authors and Affiliations
Khalid Al-Siyabi| Pharmacy Department, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital P. O. Box 35, Al-Khod 123, Sultanate of Oman, Kassim Al-Riyami| Oman Medical College, P. O. Box 620, Azaiba 130, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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