Monday 16 February 2015

Pharmacoeconomics:



More Presentations from Dr.Naina Mohamed Pakkir Maideen

Ø Pharmacoeconomics is a branch of health economics which compares the value of one drug to another.
Ø Pharmacoeconomic analysis involves…
¨   Choosing a perspective
¨   Identifying and measuring costs
¨   Identifying and measuring consequences
Ø Common perspectives include:
¨   Patient perspective
¨   Provider perspective
¨   Payer perspective
¨   Society perspective
Ø Healthcare costs are categorised as…
¨   Direct Medical Costs
¨   Direct Nonmedical Costs
¨   Indirect Nonmedical Costs
¨   Intangible Costs
¨   Opportunity Costs
¨   Incremental Costs
Ø Consequences (Outcomes) are categorised as…
¨   Economic outcomes
¨   Clinical outcomes
¨   Humanistic outcomes
¨   Positive outcomes
¨   Negative outcomes
¨   Intermediate outcome
¨   Final outcome
Ø Pharmacoeconomic methodologies include…
¨   Economic evaluations
·       Partial economic evaluations
o  Cost consequence analysis (CCA) or Cost outcome analysis (COA)
o  Cost-of-illness (COI) evaluation
·       Full economic evaluations
o  Cost Minimization Analysis (CMA)
o  Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)
o  Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA)
o  Cost Utility Analysis (CUA)
¨   Humanistic evaluation
·       Health Regulated Quality of Life (HRQOL)
·       Patient preferences
·       Patient satisfaction
Ø Pharmacoeconomic analysis helps to achieve maximum benefit in limited cost.
Ø Pharmacoeconomic data can be a powerful tool to support various clinical decisions, including effective formulary management, individual patient treatment, medication policy, and resource allocation.
Ø By understanding the principles, methods, and application of pharmacoeconomics, healthcare professionals will be prepared to make better, more-informed decisions regarding the use of pharmaceutical products and services.