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.
An introduction to economic evaluation of health care programs
Claudio Jommi
2017
Abstract
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.
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