The following calculation of the potential costs of unjustified administration of prophylactic drugs to patients hospitalized in these areas of the institution was performed with information about the cost of purchasing drugs and other inputs provided by the purchasing department of the Rafael Uribe Uribe Clinic. Currently the average time and dosages our patients receive is a 50mg ampoule administered intravenously every 8 hours for 10 days. If all patients in these areas of the clinic received this treatment hospitalization costs/patient would increase in 217,000 COP Colombian pesos approximately US$100.00. Since the average number of patients discharged from these areas is 716 patients per month, annual hospitalization costs would increase 390,000,000 COP million pesos US$ 180,000.00.
Con información suministrada por el departamento de compras de la Clínica Rafael Uribe Uribe sobre el valor de medicamentos e insumos se calculó que, si se administrara en la misma proporción ranitidina ampolla por 50 mg endovenosa cada 8 horas durante 10 días tiempo promedio estimado de uso del medicamentos en nuestro pacientes, se aumentaría el costo de atención en $217.000.oo por paciente U$ 100, y teniendo un promedio de egresos de 716 pacientes por mes en esas áreas de la clínica, correspondería a un incremento de $ 390.000.000 U$ 180.000 al año, por la administración no justificada de medicamentos profilácticos solo a los pacientes hospitalizados en esas áreas de la institución.