Drug usage guidelines, Part 3: assessment of acceptance of the program
Patry, R.A.; Huber, S.L.; Rice, G.; Hudson, H.D.; Godwin, H.N.
Hospital Formulary 20(4): 464 470-4
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0098-6909 PMID: 10270728 Document Number: 246141
The Drug Usage Guidelines (DUG) program, as perceived by the members of the P & T Committee and by physicians who had prepared and submitted DUGs, was demonstrated to be an effective method for evaluating drugs for formulary inclusion. The majority of P & T members felt that the DUG program had strengthened the drug review process without being too tedious or preventing the addition of valuable drugs to the formulary. Sixty-eight percent of physicians who had submitted a DUG expressed the opinion that it served as a vehicle for providing educational information on rational therapeutics. A majority of respondents stated that they would recommend the DUG program to other hospitals.