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Pharmacoeconomics / edited by Tom Walley, Alan Haycox, Angela Boland ; foreword by Alasdair M. Breckenridge.

Title
Pharmacoeconomics / edited by Tom Walley, Alan Haycox, Angela Boland ; foreword by Alasdair M. Breckenridge.
Publication
Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Walley, Tom
  • Haycox, Alan, 1957-
  • Boland, Angela
Description
xii, 203 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
This introductory textbook of pharmacoeconomics is ideal for all those working in, aspiring to work in or interested in the pharmaceutical industry. It assumes no prior knowledge of this subject but is written at a level appropriate, for example, for those studying for a postgraduate degree or diploma in pharmaceutical medicine and who already have a first degree in science or medicine. Emphasizes how pharmacoeconomics can be of assistance in "real world" decision making. Covers the development of insuring, financing and delivery of health care in the developed world and the increasing role of governments. Explains the trend towards the critical scrutiny of health service activity. All topics explained assuming no specialist knowledge.
Subject
  • Drugs > Cost effectiveness
  • Pharmaceutical industry > Economic aspects
  • Pharmaceutical policy
  • Medical economics
  • Economics, Pharmaceutical
  • Economics, Medical
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Basics of economics, health economics, and pharmacoeconomics / Alan Haycox, Angela Boland and Tom Walley -- The economics of health care and healthcare systems / Ruth McDonald and Tom Walley -- The policy context for pharmacoeconomics / Ruth McDonald and Tom Walley -- Pharmacoeconomics : an industry perspective / Pippa Anderson, Adam Lloyd, and David Grant -- Disease management and the technique of programme budgeting and marginal analysis / Ruth McDonald, Steve Chapman, and Julia Bottomley -- Cost of illness studies / Tom Walley and Judith Strobl -- Approaches to pharmacoeconomic analysis / Dyfrig Hughes, Antonieta Medina Lara, and Ruben Mujica-Mota -- Pharmacoeconomics and clinical trials / Alan Haycox -- Modelling in health economics / Dyfrig Hughes -- Quality assurance in pharmacoeconomic analyses / Alan Haycox -- The future challenges / Alan Haycox ... [et al.].
ISBN
044307240X
LCCN
^^2003015914
OCLC
  • 52639324
  • SCSB-11684783
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library