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Study programmes 2008-2009Last update : 29/06/2009
PHAR0710-1  Management of Hospital Pharmacy and Drug Economics
Duration :  15h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Management of Healthcare Institutions, 1st yearToute l'année2
Holder(s) :  N...
Substitute(s) :  Jean‑Pierre Delporte
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  Part 1: Definition of health economy, objectives and specificities - Analysis of the consumption of health resources, including drugs, and its determinants - Different ways to regulate the supply and demand of health resources - Cost of drug misuse and side effects - Methodology of drug utilisation studies, a practical example - Methodology of pharmacoeconomy studies, practical examples

Part 2 : Hospital pharmacy working standards - Funding of pharmacy activities - Internal and external billing - Method to optimize inventory control and drug purchasing - Drug distribution systems - Associated risks: medication errors and adverse drug events - Ways to achieve quality standards in drug distribution systems.
Course objective :  Part 1: - Starting from specificities of health resources consumption, including medicines, define the objectives of health economy and pharmacoeconomy.
- Critically analyse the mechanisms and parameters influencing the growth of drug expenditures and the different means developed in most countries to contain it.
- Teach the methodology of drug utilisation analysis and of pharmacoeconomy studies

Part 2: - Define legal tasks of hospital pharmacy services, legal working standards and funding. - Analyse the drug distribution system, identify associated risks and ways to comply with quality standards. - Optimize inventory control of medication and medical devices.
Prerequisites :  None
Workshops :  None
Organization :  7 sessions during the 1st semester.
Written notes :  Part 1: full notes and "Powerpoint" slides. Part 2: "Powerpoint" slides.
Assessment :  Oral examination
Contacts :  Hospital pharmacy and Pharmacoeconomy Department of Pharmacy Phone: 04-366.43.01 - Fax: 04-366.43.02 Email: jpdelporte@ulg.ac.be
Remarks :  None


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