From the University of California, Davis Medical Center (UCDMC)-Because benzodiazepine costs represented a significant portion of this institution's inpatient drug budget-approximately $750,000 was spent on this drug class in one recent year-an ad hoc committee was formed, charged with the task of reviewing the class and developing a strategy to promote cost-effective and rational prescribing.

Initial efforts to reduce benzodiazepine costs. The committee found that most costs were associated with long-term midazolam infusions. As a solution, guidelines were developed and implemented ...

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