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Article: Drug wastage among the elderly living in old aged homes in Hong Kong
Title | Drug wastage among the elderly living in old aged homes in Hong Kong |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Aged Elderly Nursing homes Homes for the Aged Hong Kong |
Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | The Pharmaceutical Society of Hong Kong. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pshk.hk/main.php?id=62 |
Citation | Hong Kong Pharmaceutical Journal, 2013, v. 20 n. 1, p. 16-18 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The extend of drug wastage among elderly living in old aged homes was never investigated. Upon the completion of the previous study on pharmaceutical services provided to elderly living in old aged homes, the amount of drugs wasted from 3,020 residents in one of the delegated pharmacies over a 4-month period were counted and their costs were calculated. The total cost of wasted drugs amounted to be HKD$96,924, with drugs acting on the central nervous system contributed to the highest cost of HKD$26,872 (27.7%), followed by respiratory drugs of HKD$23,875 (24.6%) and alimentary tract & metabolism of HKD$22,965 (23.7%). The results showed that for health institutes dispensing prescriptions of long duration to the elderly could lead to considerable amount of drug wastage and this issue should be addressed. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/186134 |
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dc.contributor.author | Wong, AYS | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, PWL | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, EW | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cheng, M | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, ICK | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-20T11:56:23Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-08-20T11:56:23Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hong Kong Pharmaceutical Journal, 2013, v. 20 n. 1, p. 16-18 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1727-2874 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/186134 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The extend of drug wastage among elderly living in old aged homes was never investigated. Upon the completion of the previous study on pharmaceutical services provided to elderly living in old aged homes, the amount of drugs wasted from 3,020 residents in one of the delegated pharmacies over a 4-month period were counted and their costs were calculated. The total cost of wasted drugs amounted to be HKD$96,924, with drugs acting on the central nervous system contributed to the highest cost of HKD$26,872 (27.7%), followed by respiratory drugs of HKD$23,875 (24.6%) and alimentary tract & metabolism of HKD$22,965 (23.7%). The results showed that for health institutes dispensing prescriptions of long duration to the elderly could lead to considerable amount of drug wastage and this issue should be addressed. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Pharmaceutical Society of Hong Kong. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pshk.hk/main.php?id=62 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Hong Kong Pharmaceutical Journal | en_US |
dc.subject | Aged | - |
dc.subject | Elderly | - |
dc.subject | Nursing homes | - |
dc.subject | Homes for the Aged | - |
dc.subject | Hong Kong | - |
dc.title | Drug wastage among the elderly living in old aged homes in Hong Kong | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, PWL: pwlchan@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, EW: ewchan@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, ICK: wongick@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, WYE=rp01587 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, ICK=rp01480 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 218705 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 20 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 16 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 18 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1727-2874 | - |