Effect of Pharmacist Intervention for Patients Staying in Long-term Care Beds for more than 9 Weeks

In April 2014, when the medical insurance system for medical service fees was revised, the required assessment of inpatients’ conditions for the addition of inpatient pharmaceutical service fees in long-term care beds was changed from being conducted at 4 weeks after hospitalization to being conducted 8 weeks after hospitalization. However, there have been no reports on the changes this has brought to inpatient pharmaceutical services in...