Cost containment measures in hospital pharmacy: a bibliography

The pharmacy literature was searched for cost containment articles. The articles were classified according to content and the Canadian studies were identified. In total, 170 publications were identified, of which 51 (30%) were Canadian. Overall, 28.2% dealt with hospital administrative measures, 20.0% with pharmacy operations management, 14.7% with pharmacy materiels management, and 37.1% with clinical pharmacy services. The area of most frequent focus for Canadian articles was clinical pharmacy (43.1%), followed by hospital administrative measures (35.3%). References were provided for all articles.