Comparing the cost, glycaemic control and medication adherence of utilizing patients' own medicines (POMs) versus usual dispensing among diabetic patients in an outpatient setting.

Phei Ching LimYin Ying ChungShien Joo TanTe Ying WongDurga Devi PermaluThean Kheng CheahShueh Lin LimChong-Yew Lee

Published in: Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (2021)

Utilizing POMs resulted in cost saving, improved adherence and better glycaemic control. Use of POMs should be practiced in the outpatient pharmacy to reduce wastage and cost.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
insulin resistance