Some entity has to be on the hook for procurement and administration of the drug, etc… this is true even after the revolution I think. Hopefully what happened in this case was the doc had their clinic write it off but idk
A lot of these meds are cheap like borscht. Zofran costs cents per pill. I’ve administered 50 ml minibags that cost $10K to the hospital, but most simple meds like this are cheap. It costs crazy amounts in America mostly because of yalls’ crazy private insurance system and the arms race between billers and insurance
The hospital won’t have a lot on hand, they do for once or twice but eventually diversion gets noticed if it happens over and over. Depending on what they need, they might have to get it prescribed and have it filled at a pharmacy - some pharmacists and some doctors will get samples which can cover people (my ex used to get their psych meds from a psych with a shitload of samples). In this case, they might be taking Zofran before a chemo cycle to help with the nausea and might be getting it through a pharmacy rather than at a hospital.
Nurses sometimes slip em meds but that counts as practicing medicine without a license if they don’t have an order or a prescription (Ive given plenty of left over ventolin puffers or liquid oral vitamin d during discharge, cant give it to anyone else and they have a perscription for it otherwise its going in the trash). Doctors don’t generally give any medications, just the orders for them.
What happens if the doctor gives the kid the meds anyway?
Some entity has to be on the hook for procurement and administration of the drug, etc… this is true even after the revolution I think. Hopefully what happened in this case was the doc had their clinic write it off but idk
A lot of these meds are cheap like borscht. Zofran costs cents per pill. I’ve administered 50 ml minibags that cost $10K to the hospital, but most simple meds like this are cheap. It costs crazy amounts in America mostly because of yalls’ crazy private insurance system and the arms race between billers and insurance
yeah. and when you think about the total drug cost of an entire chemo regimen it’s even less defensible, somehow
The hospital won’t have a lot on hand, they do for once or twice but eventually diversion gets noticed if it happens over and over. Depending on what they need, they might have to get it prescribed and have it filled at a pharmacy - some pharmacists and some doctors will get samples which can cover people (my ex used to get their psych meds from a psych with a shitload of samples). In this case, they might be taking Zofran before a chemo cycle to help with the nausea and might be getting it through a pharmacy rather than at a hospital.
Nurses sometimes slip em meds but that counts as practicing medicine without a license if they don’t have an order or a prescription (Ive given plenty of left over ventolin puffers or liquid oral vitamin d during discharge, cant give it to anyone else and they have a perscription for it otherwise its going in the trash). Doctors don’t generally give any medications, just the orders for them.