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KMID : 0370220210650060413
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Yakhak Hoeji
2021 Volume.65 No. 6 p.413 ~ p.423
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Analysis of Unused and Expired Medication Collected through Home Pharmaceutical Care Service
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Hwang Ji-Won
Lee Min-Kyung
Seo Yong-Hoon
Kim Kwang-Joon
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Abstract
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Unused and expired medications (UEM) have been reported to induce environmental pollution and financialloss of health insurance. This study aimed to actively collect and analyze the characteristics of UEM stored at home bypatients through a home pharmaceutical care service. The study was conducted from July 16 to December 20, 2020. Thesubjects were patients who had one or more of the 13 typical chronic diseases and took ten or more drugs regularly. Weanalyzed the characteristics of the study subjects and the characteristics of the collected UEM. The results showed that theincidence rate of UEM was 60.5% (n=141), among all subjects (n=233), the number of prescription medicine taken persubject was about 17.10(±9.71), the total number of UEM per subject was 108.84(±144.82), and the number of therapeuticclass for UEM per subject was 8.36(±8.81). The total cost of UEM per subject reached 38,205.53(±58,150.31) won (\).
As for the collected UEM, gastrointestinal tract-related drugs such as gastrointestinal motility regulators and gastric acidsecretion inhibitors were the most common. There was a statistically significant correlation between the number ofprescription drugs in use and the total number of UEM (p=0.039). In conclusion, active collection of UEM through homepharmaceutical care service showed better results than the passive collection. The findings of this study are expected tocontribute to the proper management of UEM.
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KEYWORD
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Unused and expired medications, Home pharmaceutical care service, Active collection of UEM
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