@article{article_394291, title={PHARMACOECONOMICS & HOSPITAL FORMULARIES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF RATIONAL DRUG UTILIZATION}, journal={Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy of Ankara University}, volume={34}, pages={207–218}, year={2005}, DOI={10.1501/Eczfak_0000000028}, author={Acar, Aylin and Yeğenoğlu, Selen}, keywords={Akılcı İlaç Kullanımı, Hastane Formüleri, İlaç Ruhsatlandırması, İlaç, Farmakoekonomi}, abstract={Rational drug use is a planning, conducting and monitoring process which enables effective, safe and affordable pharmacoterapy practice. Drug management and rational use of drugs should be handled within the framework of “National Drug Policy”. First of all governments should provide the existence of a sufficient and essential healthcare system that will meet the needs of the population as a whole. And based on this a consistent national healthcare and drug policy should be formed. In our country as the budget allocated for healtcare is very limited many problems come along. Demanding pharmacoeconomic evaluations during drug registration applications, setting and promoting the use of hospital formularies in hospitals and essential drug list countrywide seem to be the definite solution for these problems. In short term making these structural changes may need a lot of effort and investment but in long term it should be kept in mind that these steps are important for reaching out the continuity of rational drug use policy}, number={3}, publisher={Ankara Üniversitesi}