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Price stickers do not alter drug usage

J C Horrow1, H Rosenberg

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA.

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'Anesthesie
|November 1, 1994
PubMed
Summary

Immediate drug cost awareness had minimal impact on anaesthetists' choices. While some drug usage shifted slightly, overall anaesthesia care costs did not significantly decrease, indicating limited effectiveness of price stickers in this setting.

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Area of Science:

  • Anesthesiology
  • Health Economics

Background:

  • Anaesthetists select from numerous neuromuscular blocking and hypnotic drugs daily.
  • Reducing anaesthesia care costs is a key objective in healthcare management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if immediate knowledge of drug costs influences anaesthetists' prescribing habits.
  • To assess the potential of cost awareness to reduce overall anaesthesia expenditure.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective, sequential, blinded study involving faculty, residents, and nurse anaesthetists.
  • Comparison of drug usage before and after the introduction of price stickers on drug units over 24 weeks.
  • Analysis of drug usage data, including normalization by total anaesthesia duration.

Main Results:

  • No significant changes in the usage of most neuromuscular blocking and hypnotic agents were observed.
  • A decrease in pipecuronium and methohexitone usage was noted post-sticker implementation.
  • Ketamine usage, when normalized for anaesthesia duration, increased.
  • Overall weekly drug costs, normalized for caseload, remained unchanged.

Conclusions:

  • Immediate cost awareness through price stickers had a minimal effect on clinician drug selection.
  • Simple price visibility did not lead to significant cost reductions in anaesthesia care.
  • Further strategies may be needed to effectively influence prescribing behavior for cost savings.

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