PHARMACOECONOMICS Authors: Jagdale SC , BAGAD SS, JOSHI SB AND HABLE AA
ABSTRACT
Pharmacoeconomics can help to determine the feasibility of a particular method of treatment
from all the perspectives including but not limited to the patients, doctors and physicians and
insurers. Pharmacoeconomics is a health science that focuses on the determining the economical
aspect of a particular drug therapy or treatment. Pharmacoeconomics consists of economic and
human health related factors. The techniques used for pharmacoeconomics methods analysis are
cost-minimization, cost-benefit ratio, cost-utility ratio, cost-effectiveness ratio. The
pharmacoeconomics will not only have a relevant and significant impact on actual patient
treatment but also the ongoing field of research and clinical trials and structure and running if
pharmacies and various pharmaceutical companies. The execution of the principles of
pharmacoeconomics is collective responsibility of all healthcare specialists to obtain safe,
effective and affordable medications.
Keywords: Pharmacoeconomics, cost-minimization, cost-benefit ratio, cost-utility ratio,
cost-effectiveness ratio
Publication date: 01/06/2022 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2022/June/MS_IJBPAS_2022_6136.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.6.6136