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From Pharmacoeconomics in Perspective: A Primer on Research, Techniques, and Information you will discover comprehensive explanations of principles in this sophisticated field through up-to-date research overviews, analysis types, research techniques, information evaluations. This unique book is primarily nonmathematical and highlights the qualitative details underpinning pharmacoeconomics for pharmacists and other medical professionals. This information is also a must for graduate students who need guidance through today's complicated pharmacy environment. Pharmacoeconomics in Perspective addresses a diverse yet increasingly growing slice of the healthcare environment where noneconomists are challenged to prepare, interpret, and use pharmacoeconomic information. This book provides you with the means to defend yourself against unscrupulous promotion of new drugs, unfounded conclusions in scientific literature, and research studies conducted with inaccurate methods.Pharmacoeconomics in Perspective provides charts, graphs, and figures to help you put all of its useful information into perspective. This invaluable book covers a broad range of topics within this subject area, including: pharmacoeconomics as outcomes research healthcare expenditures and pharmacoeconomics pharmacoeconomics within drug development types of pharmacoeconomic analysis, including cost of illness analysis, cost benefit analysis, cost effectiveness analysis, cost utility analysis, and cost minimization analysis techniques of pharmacoeconomics, including perspectives for research analysis, determination of outcomes measures, and categorization of pharmacoeconomic costs review of recent pharmacoeconomic research From this book, you will find that all medical treatments come with a cost and that once resources are used on one item, those same resources cannot be reused on another item; your choice has an opportunity cost. The new tools presented in Pharmacoeconomics in Perspective will assist you in making judgements and comparisons among treatment alternatives and help you make educated decisions about such important issues as what drugs to prescribe or from what company to buy prescription drugs.

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Author:   Robert J Bonk
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Haworth Press Inc
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780789005618

ISBN 10:   0789005611
Pages:   116
Publication Date:   02 June 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Contents Foreword (Albert I. Wertheimer) Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Basics of Pharmacoeconomics As Outcomes Research Chapter 1: Pharmacoeconomics as Outcomes Research Unique Position of Health Care Outcomes of Health Care Programs Development of a Critical Perspective Chapter 2: Healthcare Expenditures and Pharmacoeconomics Focus on Health Care Expenditures Emphasis on Prescription Drugs Tools for Expenditure Decisions Chapter 3: Pharmacoeconomics within Drug Development Overview of Drug Development Regulations for Pharmacoeconomic Data Integration of Pharmacoeconomic Research Evaluation 1: Pharmacoeconomic Research Questions Answers Part II: Types of Pharmacoeconomic Analyses Chapter 4: Cost-of-Illness Analysis Baseline Measures of Cost Cost-of-Illness Examples Chapter 5: Cost-Benefit Analysis Common Denominator for Comparison Applications of Cost-Benefit Analysis Chapter 6: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Therapeutic Measures of Effectiveness Applications of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Cost-Effectiveness Examples Chapter 7: Cost-Utility Analysis Measurements of Utility Cost-Utility Examples Chapter 8: Cost-Minimization Analysis Equivalency of Outcomes Cost-Minimization Examples Evaluation II: Pharmacoeconomic Analyses Question Answers Part III: Techniques of Pharmacoeconomic Research Chapter 9: Perspectives for Research Analyses Perspectives for Pharmacoeconomics Scenarios of Perspective Repercussions of Perspective Chapter 10: Determination of Outcomes Measures Alternatives for Clinical Decisions Delineation of Outcome Measures Chapter 11: Categorization of Pharmacoeconomic Costs Key Categories of Costs Issues in Calculating Costs Chapter 12: Sensitivity Analysis of Assumptions Rationale for Sensitivity Analysis Methods for Testing Sensitivity Evaluation III: Pharmacoeconomic Techniques Questions Answers Part IV: Evaluation of Pharmacoeconomic Information Chapter 13: Review of Pharmacoeconomic Research Steps in Pharmacoeconomic Research Factors in Research Evaluation Chapter 14: Regulatory and Ethical Considerations Influence of Regulatory Guidelines Issues of Ethical Concern Chapter 15: Sources for Pharmacoeconomic Information Books Journals Databases Evaluation IV: Pharmacoeconomic Information Questions Answers References Index

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