TY - BOOK AU - Rascati Karen L. TI - Essentials of pharmacoeconomics SN - 9781451175936 PY - 2014/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, KW - Drugs Cost effectiveness KW - Costs and Cost Analysis methods KW - Economics, Pharmaceutical KW - Pharmaceutical Preparations economics KW - Pharmaceutical Services economics KW - Pharmaceutical services Economic N1 - Includes Bibliographical references and Index; CONTENTS PART I.Basic topics-- 1.Introduction-- 2.Measuring and estimating costs-- 3.Critiquing research articles-- 4.Cost-minimization analysis-- 5.Cost-effectiveness analysis-- 6.Cost-utility analysis-- 7.Cost-benefit analysis-- 8.Health-related quality of life : health status measures-- PART II.Advanced Topics-- 9.Decision analysis-- 10.Markov modeling-- 11.Retrospective databases-- 12.Pharmacy services-- 13.International perspective-- 14.Future issues N2 - "This new text is designed for a student or practitioner who is unfamiliar with "pharmacoeconomics." It provides a straightforward explanation of the essential pharmacoeconomics topics outlined by The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). It defines terminology used in research and covers the application of economic-based evaluation methods for pharmaceutical products and services. Users will find examples of how pharmacoeconomic evaluations relate to decisions that affect patient care and health-related quality of life"--Provided by publisher ER -