Table 2.
Audit adjustments to material and medication invoicing in the Advanced Heart Failure Unit of Hospital Sírio-Libanês before and after implementing the automated medication dispensing system. 2013-2014. São Paulo, Brazil.
| Type of product | Procedure requested by the audit | Conventional dispensing period | Automated dispensing period | Variation (%) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Standard deviation | Mean | Standard deviation | ||||
| Drugs | Inclusion (mean/month) | 1,215.75 | 815.49 | 555.08 | 210.49 | -54.30 | 0.01 |
| Exclusion (mean/month) | 1,635.13 | 451.19 | 1,036.92 | 297.21 | -36.60 | <0.01 | |
| Materials | Inclusion (mean/month) | 1,061.25 | 668.20 | 461.54 | 151.72 | -56.50 | <0.01 |
| Exclusion (mean/month) | 3,008.75 | 1,425.01 | 2,255.15 | 786.20 | -25.10 | 0.13 | |