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Return on investment of a pharmacy residency training program.
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PMID:  21048213     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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PURPOSE: The return on investment of pharmacy residency training at a Veterans Affairs hospital was estimated.
METHODS: The financial costs and benefits associated with one year's training of eight residents were estimated retrospectively. The costs were compared with estimated costs for training newly hired pharmacists without institutional experience. The residents' work output as measured by notations in progress notes was compared with that of their pharmacist preceptors, and this ratio was used in establishing an amount the institution would be willing to pay for a resident's output.
RESULTS: The estimated benefit-to-cost ratio for the residency program was favorable. Hiring its residents rather than new, untrained pharmacists for full-time positions was estimated to benefit the hospital.
CONCLUSION: The benefit-to-cost ratio of the residency training program was estimated to be 1.5:1. Resident productivity was estimated to save the institution $563,936 annually.
Authors:
Peter A Pasek; Carolyn Stephens
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists     Volume:  67     ISSN:  1535-2900     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Health Syst Pharm     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-04     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9503023     Medline TA:  Am J Health Syst Pharm     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1952-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Veterans Affairs, Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Bay Pines, FL, USA.
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