Fee-for-Service Activities Provided by Drug Information Centers

Crabbe, Sarah J.; Wordell, Cindy J.; Hopkins, Leigh E.

doi:10.1093/ajhp/45.5.1115

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“…Approximately 17% of DICs derive portions of their bud gets from fees charged for various services (10,15,16). However, DICs are not tradi tionally revenue producers (1).…”

Section: Funding and Financial Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Currently 17% report fee-for-service ac tivities, while only five centers charged for services in 1979 (12,15,16). Drug informa tion services that some centers charge a fee for include answering questions for health professionals (community and hospital phar macies, physicians, etc), provision of in formation to corporations (including the phar maceutical industry, news media, adver tising agencies, and symposia agencies), con sultation with attorneys, provision of bulle tins and newsletters, and coordination of research studies (15,16).…”

Section: Fee-for-servicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Fees charged are either a per question rate (ranging from $6.00 in 1976 to approximately $25 in 1988) or a monthly or annual fee, usually based on hospital bed size (16,18,19). Tables 5, 6, and 7 describe various fee systems.…”

Section: Fee-for-servicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The majority (65%) of DICs with fee-forservice activities report recruiting clientele through word of mouth and personal con tacts (16,19). Approximately 30% of cen ters advertised their drug information services in professional journals, promotional mail ings, and publications (15,16).…”

Section: Marketingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Approximately 30% of cen ters advertised their drug information services in professional journals, promotional mail ings, and publications (15,16). Only three centers, however, allocated portions of their annual budgets to cover marketing (15,16). These DICs allocate $300 for production of a promotional brochure and $1,000 for travel (16).…”

Section: Marketingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fee-For-Service and Cost Justification Activities of Pharmacist-Manned Drug Information Centers in the United States

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Rosenberg

Rumore

1991

Drug Information Journal

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In the current era of economic constraints, it is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain sufficient funds for drug information services. Many drug information centers (DICs) are becoming less financially secure and so alternative funding sources are becoming essential for maintaining quality services. Additionally, it is becoming more important for centers to provide cost justification data to support their existence. There is a paucity of published data concerning cost effectiveness and fund-gener ating activities of DICs. The purpose of this article is to present an overview of and recommendations for fee-for-service and cost-justification activities of DICs in the United States. DICs offer valuable services that can be enhanced through additional revenue gained from fee-for-services activities. To sell drug information services, centers must provide cost-justification data to current and prospective subscribers. In the cost containment world of the 1990s, DICs must be able to prove that they save money by lowering medical costs. Results indicate the need for cost-justification studies and demonstrate the hazards of less than rigorous study. Cost-effectiveness evidence is likely to emerge as the driving force behind DIC funding in the future.

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“…Approximately 17% of DICs derive portions of their bud gets from fees charged for various services (10,15,16). However, DICs are not tradi tionally revenue producers (1).…”

Section: Funding and Financial Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Fee-for-servicementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Fee-for-servicementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Marketingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Marketingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Rosenberg

Rumore

1991

Drug Information Journal

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Fee-for-Service Drug Information Centers

2003

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Many university and hospital-based drug information centers have implemented fee-for-service systems. Howeva it is unclear how the services are operated and contmcted, and how clients are recruited. The purpose of this study was to evaluate university and hospital-based drug information centers in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States that had fee-for-service systems. A survey consisting of 14 questions (United States and Canada) or Ei questions (United Kingdom) was sent to 221 drug information centers. Ninety four drug information centers responded (43%), 17 (18%) of which had implemented a fee-for-service system. The data were entered and Microsofr Access and Excel progmms were used to analyze them. The findings include that clients are usually recruited by word-of-mouth, and that fees charged vary among drug information centers and are highly dependent on the project and the situation.

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Situación de los Centros y Servicios de Información de Medicamentos de Costa Rica

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Gómez

Fernández-Llimós

2006

Pharmacy pract. (Granada Ed. impr.)

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PAHO establishes guidelines that must be met by drug information centers (DIC) and the drug information services (DIS). Objective: To describe the operations, activities, and resources of the DICs and the DISs affiliated with public institutions of Costa Rica, and their adjustment to the provisions set forth by the PAHO. Methods: Descriptive study conducted in May 2003. The officers in charge of each of the seven public DICs or DISs in Costa Rica were interviewed, and inquiries were made regarding aspects of the structure and process of their centers. Results: In Costa Rica there are seven public drug information units, that is, four DICs and three DISs. One of the DICs is located in this university, and the remaining six centers and services are in located in hospitals. Five of the centers do not have the primary sources required by the PAHO. Fifteen out of the 36 tertiary sources recommended are not available in any of the centers. 100% of the information units carry out four main activities: answering inquiries from the hospital community, answering inquiries from users outside the hospital, implementing education programs for patients and risk groups, and rotation programs for student training. Conclusions: The activities developed by the DISs and the DICs in Costa Rica are similar to each other; they respond not only to the PAHO's guidelines, but they also have similarities with the activities and operations of other DICs worldwide. Primary, secondary, and tertiary bibliographical support must be strengthened.

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Fee-for-Service Activities Provided by Drug Information Centers

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Fee-For-Service and Cost Justification Activities of Pharmacist-Manned Drug Information Centers in the United States

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Situación de los Centros y Servicios de Información de Medicamentos de Costa Rica

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