Though ertapenem is in the hospital formulary since 2006, written or verbal approval for use has to be sought with the Infectious Diseases physicians.
All sites contributed data to the PPI analysis except Saskatchewan, where PPI data were incomplete because PPIs are listed in the formulary with restricted coverage and, therefore, require approval under the Exception Drug Status program in order to be captured in the database.
The inclusion of medicines in the clinical practice of hospitals is as a result of doctors bypassing the PTC and requesting the purchase of exceptional items, some of which are included in the formulary if they are widely used.
The earliest reference in print Mr. Weir could find was in "The Dispenser's Formulary," a collection of more than 2,000 soda fountain recipes, dating from 1915, and he was surprised it was not earlier.
Minutes of PTC's meetings held during the year 2007 were reviewed to identify medicines that had been included in the formulary during that year.
In addition, the hospital pharmacy provides drugs which are not in the formulary upon request, although physicians are encouraged to use listed agents.
The costs of capecitabine and oxaliplatin for those on the XELOX regimen and oxaliplatin for those on the FOLFOX4 regimen were borne by patients because these drugs are not in the formulary [ 31].
Transdermal oestrogen replacement was listed in the Formulary on July 1 , 1988with unrestricted coverage, and it was moved to restricted coverage on January 1 , 1997(oestrogen exposure after June 30 , 1996is not relevant for the current analysis, see Definitions of oestrogen exposure).
Although Group Health provides hypertension treatment guidelines similar to those of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure, practising physicians are free to choose an antihypertensive treatment from any of the major drug classes, all of which are included in the formulary.
These two values are a function of the number of doses of the combination vaccine required to be in the lowest overall cost formulary and whether the perinatal hepatitis B dose is administered.
