Dutch Hospital Drug Formularies: pharmacotherapeutic variation and conservatism, but concurrence with national pharmacotherapeutic guidelines

Aims This research examines current hospital drug formularies (HDFs) of all Dutch general hospitals. It assesses the extent to which they recommend the same drugs, the breadth of their coverage in terms of therapeutic areas, drug groups incorporated and individuals drugs included, and their extent of conservatism by considering the year of introduction of the drugs included within groups. Furthermore, it considers the extent to which their recommendations concur and comply with those of national pharmacotherapeutic guidelines and the WHO Essential Drugs List (EDL). Methods Seventy‐eight (81%)... Mehr ...