A Practical Guide to Pharmacoeconomics introduces pharmacoeconomic analysis, so pharmacists can help health care decision-makers, whether they are patients, providers, or payers, choose the best therapies with the most value. This book takes some of the guesswork out of reviewing financial and comparative effectiveness data to help make clinical decisions. Designed for both pharmacists and student pharmacists, this is an excellent beginner's resource to pharmacoeconomics. KEY FEATURES: - Basic concepts of pharmacoeconomics - Introduction to managed care and formulary management - Cost-effectiveness, cost minimization, and cost-benefit analysis - Modeling and decision analysis - Over 40 pharmacoeconomics problems with solutions
Pharmacoeconomics Principles and Best Practices: A Practical Guide is the product of collaborative efforts among multidisciplinary experts from different healthcare sectors. The Guide tackles many practical issues related to pharmacoeconomics that are of great importance to healthcare providers, policy and decision makers, and healthcare leaders. We hope the readers will find the Guide beneficial, and we welcome any feedback or comments.Editors: - Abdul Rahman Jazieh, MD, MPH- Francisco Nuno Rocha Goncalves, PhD- Laszlo Gulacsi, PhD- Nada Abu-Shraie, PharmD- Omar Da'ar, PhDChapters:1. "Introduction to Health Economics and Pharmacoeconomics" by Omar Da'ar2. "Models of Pharmacoeconomic Analysis" by Omar Da'ar3. "Assessments of Healthcare Costs" by Bander Balkhi, Ali Alhammad, and Laszlo Gulacsi4. "Guidelines for Pharmacoeconomic Evaluations" by Hana Al-Abdulkarim and Zsombor Zrubka5. "Optimization of Healthcare Expenditures at a National Level" by Ahmed Hamdan Al-jedai and Hajer Yousef Almudaiheem6. "The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee" by Nada Abu-Shraie7. "The Formulary Management System" by Nada Abu-Shraie8. "The Drug Evaluation Process: Clinical Evaluation" by Laila Carolina Abu EsbaNote - Supplemental Material is available at https: //innovativehci.com/en/page/books9. "Quality Improvement and Medication Utilization Review Process" by Mansoor Ahmed Khan, Abrar Al-Subhi, Eman Youssif and Sherin Ismail10. "Access to Quality Therapeutics in Cancer Care - Physician's Perspective" by Khalid AlSaleh and Nazia Sadaf11. "Role of Pharmaceutical Companies in Pharmacoeconomics" by Francisco Nuno Rocha Gonçalves and Muneera Al Majed12. "Generic Medications" by Hani Al Hashmi and Hamdi ElSoudi
The pharmaceutical industry is almost boundless in its ability to supply new drug therapies, but how does one decide which are the best medicines to use within restricted budgets? With particular emphasis on modeling, methodologies, data sources, and application to real-world dilemmas, Pharmacoeconomics: From Theory to Practice provides an introduc
"This new text is designed for a student or practitioner who is unfamiliar with "pharmacoeconomics." It provides a straightforward explanation of the essential pharmacoeconomics topics outlined by The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). It defines terminology used in research and covers the application of economic-based evaluation methods for pharmaceutical products and services. Users will find examples of how pharmacoeconomic evaluations relate to decisions that affect patient care and health-related quality of life"--Provided by publisher.
The first of its kind for budget-impact analysis, this comprehensive guide provides clear and concise instructions for evaluating the impact that new pharmaceuticals will have on the budget for a specific jurisdiction. The book demonstrates how to create a budget-impact analysis using a simple six-step process that is consistent with current guidelines for these analyses. Examples and exercises for each chapter afford an opportunity to practice the six-step process in practical applications. The book progresses from a framework for budget impact analyses to an in-depth review of components and how to develop and present these in software applications and reports. Critical considerations such as uncertainty analysis and validation, and considerations for alternate interventions, such as vaccines and diagnostics, are also covered. This book is a “must have” for the builder and budget holder, with builders benefiting from instructions to identify and estimate all necessary variables and budget holders receiving a guide to what should be included in the analyses they assess.
In financially constrained health systems across the world, increasing emphasis is being placed on the ability to demonstrate that health care interventions are not only effective, but also cost-effective. This book deals with decision modelling techniques that can be used to estimate the value for money of various interventions including medical devices, surgical procedures, diagnostic technologies, and pharmaceuticals. Particular emphasis is placed on the importance of the appropriate representation of uncertainty in the evaluative process and the implication this uncertainty has for decision making and the need for future research. This highly practical guide takes the reader through the key principles and approaches of modelling techniques. It begins with the basics of constructing different forms of the model, the population of the model with input parameter estimates, analysis of the results, and progression to the holistic view of models as a valuable tool for informing future research exercises. Case studies and exercises are supported with online templates and solutions. This book will help analysts understand the contribution of decision-analytic modelling to the evaluation of health care programmes. ABOUT THE SERIES: Economic evaluation of health interventions is a growing specialist field, and this series of practical handbooks will tackle, in-depth, topics superficially addressed in more general health economics books. Each volume will include illustrative material, case histories and worked examples to encourage the reader to apply the methods discussed, with supporting material provided online. This series is aimed at health economists in academia, the pharmaceutical industry and the health sector, those on advanced health economics courses, and health researchers in associated fields.
The field's bestselling reference, updated with the latest tools, data, techniques, and the latest recommendations from the Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health is a practical introduction to the tools, methods, and procedures used worldwide to perform cost-effective research. Covering every aspect of a complete cost-effectiveness analysis, this book shows you how to find which data you need, where to find it, how to analyze it, and how to prepare a high-quality report for publication. Designed for the classroom or the individual learner, the material is presented in simple and accessible language for those who lack a biostatistics or epidemiology background, and each chapter includes real-world examples and "tips and tricks" that highlight key information. Exercises throughout allow you to test your understanding with practical application, and the companion website features downloadable data sets for students, as well as lecture slides and a test bank for instructors. This new third edition contains new discussion on meta-analysis and advanced modeling techniques, a long worked example using visual modeling software TreeAge Pro, and updated recommendations from the U.S. Public Health Service's Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine. This is the second printing of the 3rd Edition, which has been corrected and revised for 2018 to reflect the latest standards and methods. Cost-effectiveness analysis is used to evaluate medical interventions worldwide, in both developed and developing countries. This book provides process-specific instruction in a concise, structured format to give you a robust working knowledge of common methods and techniques. Develop a thoroughly fleshed-out research project Work accurately with costs, probabilities, and models Calculate life expectancy and quality-adjusted life years Prepare your study and your data for publication Comprehensive analysis skills are essential for students seeking careers in public health, medicine, biomedical research, health economics, health policy, and more. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health walks you through the process from a real-world perspective to help you build a skillset that's immediately applicable in the field.
This book provides an introduction to decision analytic cost-effectiveness modelling, giving the theoretical and practical knowledge required to design and implement analyses that meet the methodological standards of health technology assessment organisations. The book guides you through building a decision tree and Markov model and, importantly, shows how the results of cost-effectiveness analyses are interpreted. Given the complex nature of cost-effectiveness modelling and the often unfamiliar language that runs alongside it, we wanted to make this book as accessible as possible whilst still providing a comprehensive, in-depth, practical guide that reflects the state of the art – that includes the most recent developments in cost-effectiveness modelling. Although the nature of cost effectiveness modelling means that some parts are inevitably quite technical, across the 13 chapters we have broken down explanations of theory and methods into bite-sized pieces that you can work through at your own pace; we have provided explanations of terms and methods as we use them. Importantly, the exercises and online workbooks allow you to test your skills and understanding as you go along.
