On-ward participation of a hospital pharmacist in a Dutch intensive care unit reduces prescribing errors and related patient harm: an intervention study

Table 6 Total costs of medication

Intervention period	Clinical pharmacist			ICU physician			Total costs^a
	Unit costs^b	Number of hours^a	Costs^a	Unit costs^b	Number of hours^a	Costs^a
First half	€70	52.76	€3,693	€100	0.625	€62.5	€3,756
Second half	€70	37.21	€2,605	€100	0.481	€48.1	€2,653

A review by intensive care unit (ICU) hospital pharmacists and feedback to ICU physicians per 1,000 monitored patient-days. ^aPer 1,000 monitored patient-days. ^bUnit costs (gross salary costs per hour per specialist) are given per hour; for derivation of the unit costs, see Materials and methods.

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