Strategies in Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

by Wertheimer; Albert I

• ISBN13: 9780789015846
• ISBN10: 0789015846
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-21
• Publisher: Informa HealthC

Summary

A comprehensive introduction to the economic aspects of the health sector, focusing on strategies for the development and marketing of healthcare products.

Author Biography

Reinhard Rychlik, PhD, is Director of the Institute of Empirical Health Economics and a registered expert on health economics for the European Union

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Albert I. Wertheimer
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(4)
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research	5	(8)
Pharmacoeconomics	5	(2)
Outcomes Research	7	(6)
Basics and Methods	13	(56)
Resources and Cost Benefit	13	(11)
Marginal Costs and Marginal Benefit	24	(1)
Analysis	25	(6)
Health Economics Models	31	(6)
Perspective	37	(3)
Sensitivity Analysis	40	(1)
Discounting	41	(3)
Errors in Decision Models	44	(2)
Pharmacoeconomic Studies	46	(12)
Guidelines	58	(4)
Study Types	62	(7)
Clinical Research and Drug Regulatory Affairs	69	(8)
Marketing and Reimbursement	77	(16)
Marketing	77	(1)
Reimbursement	78	(15)
Practical Examples	93	(98)
Retrospective Evaluation	93	(53)
Prospective Evaluation	146	(45)
Notes	191	(8)
Glossary	199	(10)
Index	209