Evaluation of the use of non-formulary oncology medications restricted to outpatient use in hospitalized patients after implementation of a criteria-for-use algorithm.

Objective: To decrease the number of orders and total hospital spend for inpatient use of antineoplastic drugs of interest, while evaluating each case for urgent or emergent need for administration.

Methodology: This study is a multicenter, retrospective, cost-evaluation, cohort study performed in five Ascension Seton hospitals in the Austin, Texas area between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2018. Patients were identified via a dispense analysis report for the antineoplastic drugs of interest.