Pharmacists Improve Care of Diabetics While Cutting Costs, Research Shows
ScienceDaily (Jan. 4, 2010) ג€” The role of pharmacists hasn’t received much attention in the debate on the cost of health care. But national and regional studies show that when pharmacists directly participate in patient care, they significantly reduce treatment costs and improve outcomes.
A study on diabetic patients by the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences identified cost savings with improvements in a key indicator of glucose control in diabetes patients, the hemoglobin A1C measurement. The A1C provides a three-month average of the amount of excess glucose in the blood. Higher A1Cs indicate that a patient is at higher risk for developing long-term complications associated with diabetes, such as kidney disease or vision problems.
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Iran
- Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, School of Pharmacy, Tehran
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz
- Tehran University of Medical Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad
Ireland
- Trinity College Dublin, School of Pharmacy, Panoz Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2
- University College Cork, School of Pharmacy, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, School of Pharmacy, 123 St Stevens Green, Dublin, 2
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