Hospitalists need to care about costs too
“Dr. Vashist, I’m sorry to bother but you really need to look at this medication being taken by our patient.”
My hospital pharmacist gently prodded me as he handed over the patient’s medication list along with cost information and side-effects of the offending medication. The issue with the list was a subcutaneous injectable form of calcitonin, Miacalcin, costing approximately $11,300 per day of treatment.
The patient had been admitted about 11 days back …
