TY - CHAP
T1 - An Introduction to Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs
AU - Jommi, C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This chapter introduces readers to the rationale for economic evaluation applied to health care products and programs, its main aspects (evaluation of costs, evaluation of consequences/outcomes, economic evaluations techniques), methodological issues and recent developments (study design, health assessment, evaluation of economic consequences, definition and use of thresholds for the Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio), and main issues derived from its application to pharmacy services.
AB - This chapter introduces readers to the rationale for economic evaluation applied to health care products and programs, its main aspects (evaluation of costs, evaluation of consequences/outcomes, economic evaluations techniques), methodological issues and recent developments (study design, health assessment, evaluation of economic consequences, definition and use of thresholds for the Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio), and main issues derived from its application to pharmacy services.
KW - Application to pharmacy services
KW - Economic evaluation
KW - Health care products and programs
KW - Methodological issues
KW - Recent developments
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020678137&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-803659-4.00001-1
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-803659-4.00001-1
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780128036594
SP - 1
EP - 9
BT - Economic Evaluation of Pharmacy Services
PB - Elsevier Inc.
ER -