Evaluation of Supportive Care Management Outcomes in Cancer Chemotherapy: A Prospective Observational Study in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in South India.

Aims: Evaluation of supportive care management of cancer patients experiencing drug-related problems (DRPs) is a challenge because it might increase the cost due to additional therapy. The main objectives of this study were to estimate chemotherapy-associated drug-related hospital admissions in the department of medical oncology and to estimate the cost of managing chemotherapy-associated DRPs.

Settings And Design: This study is a prospective observational study.

Antihypertensive prescribing preferences in three South Indian Hospitals: cost analysis, physicians perspectives and emerging trends.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were i) to analyze the prescription pattern of antihypertensive agents in three South Indian hospitals ii) to perform cost-analysis of various antihypertensive treatment regimens iii) to examine the physicians' perspectives of antihypertensive prescribing.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was done on patients with essential hypertension (n = 2,100) by analyzing the medical records of the patients for the drugs prescribed and patient demographics. Cost comparisons were made for the most frequently prescribed agents for each class at the most frequently prescribed dose and regimen.