ผลลัพท์ทางเศรษฐศาสตร์ของการบริบาลทางเภสัชกรรมแก่ผู้ป่วยนอกโรคหืดที่โรงพยาบาลพระมงกุฎเกล้า / สิมากานต์ สังข์วรรณะ = Economic outcome of pharmaceutical care in asthmatic outpatients at Pramongkutklao Hospital / Simakarn Sangwanna
Evaluates the economic outcome of pharmaceutical care in asthmatic outpatients at Pramongkutklao Hospital during October 25, 2000 to August 10, 2001. 133 asthamtic patients were recruited from Allergy clinic and Chest clinic and randomly allocated into an intervention (n=69) and control (n=64) groups. Subjects in the intervention group received pharmaceutical care services from a pharmacist according to defining, solving, and preventing of drug-related problems. The result of study showed 176 pharmaceutical care services. The patients had 79 drug-related problems, which were 73 problems of non-compliances. Most problems were incorrect used of the inhalers. The clinical outcome measured by the variability of peak expiratory flow rate showed statistically significant improvement (p<0.05) in the intervention group. The cost of pharmaceutical care process was 24,534.80 baht or 355.58 baht per patient. The study was concluded that the pharmaceutical care can help asthmatic patients in improving clinical outcome, and saved the cost of drug therapy.