
Economic Evaluation of Pharmacy Services
Description
Key Features
- Delivers a practical guide for conducting economic evaluations of hospital and community pharmacy services
- Documents the literature around health economic evaluation and innovative pharmacy services
- Guides the development of a standardized health economic evaluation tool to evaluate these services
Readership
Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in health economics, healthcare administration, and pharmacy outcomes programs
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs
- Abstract
- Rationale for Economic Evaluation
- Economic Evaluation: Costs, Outcomes, Techniques
- Economic Evaluation: Methodological Issues and Recent Developments
- Economic Evaluation and Pharmacy Services
- References
Chapter 2. Economic Evaluation of Community and Hospital Pharmacy Services: An Introductory Review
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- References
Chapter 3. Economic Evaluation of Pharmacy Services: Review of Studies From Asia, Africa, and South America
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Analysis, Findings, and Discussion
- Limitations of Studies in South America, Africa, Middle East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia
- Recommendations
- What This Chapter Adds?
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- References
Chapter 4. Economic Evaluation and Its Types
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The Logic of Health Economics and Economic Evaluation
- Economic Evaluation
- Measuring Costs
- Measuring Outcomes
- Combining Costs and Outcomes Using Incremental Analysis
- Decision Rules
- Types of Economic Evaluations
- Summary
- References
- Further Reading
Chapter 5. Design Principles for Economic Evaluations in Pharmacy
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The Economic Decision Problem
- Population
- Intervention
- Comparator
- Outcome (the Maximand)
- Partial Versus Full Economic Evaluation
- Choosing an Evaluation Approach
- Which Costs Are Relevant?
- Trial-Based Versus Modeled Evaluation
- The Importance of Best Practice Guidelines
- Conclusions
- References
Chapter 6. Steps in Conducting an Economic Evaluation
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Economic Evaluation of Pharmacy Services
- Steps in Conducting an Economic Evaluation
- Case Studies
- Conclusions
- Glossary of Terms
- Test Your Knowledge
- References
Chapter 7. Evaluation of the Community Pharmacist-led Anticoagulation Management Service (CPAMS) Pilot Program in New Zealand
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Background
- Development of the Project
- Aims of the Community Pharmacist-led Anticoagulation Management Services (CPAMS) Evaluation
- Design of CPAMS
- Effectiveness and Safety of CPAMS
- Acceptability of the Service
- Cost–Benefit Analysis
- Conclusion
- References
Chapter 8. Economic Evaluation of Pharmacy Services in Portugal
- Abstract
- Brief Overview of Economic Evaluation of Pharmacy Services in Portugal
- Literature Review of Economic Evaluation of Pharmacy Services in Portugal
- A Collaborative Care Pilot Project Between Pharmacies and NHS: Economic Evaluation Alongside a Trial
- Future Developments
- Final Remarks
- Project USFARMÁCIA
- Acknowledgments
- Conflict of Interest Statement
- References
Chapter 9. Economic Evaluation of Pharmacist-Managed Warfarin Therapy: A Review of Studies
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- References
- Appendix A Search Strategies
Chapter 10. Economic Evaluation of a Medicines Management Model in New Zealand: A Proposal
- Abstract
- Background
- Aim and Objectives
- Proposed Research Design and Methods
- Research Impact
- Acknowledgment
- References
Product details
- No. of pages: 248
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2016
- Published: October 13, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128037003
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780128036594
About the Author
Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar
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