Cost-effectiveness pharmacoepidemiology

As the ultimate goal of pharmacoepidemiology is to improve the rational use of drugs, the applications of the field to achieve that goal are quite broad. Here, we divide the applications into four major areas for improving the rational use of dmgs efficacy, safety, cost-effectiveness, and drug utilization. 

Pharmacoepidemiology is the study of the effect of drugs on populations questions dealing with the influence of genetics are particularly important Pharmacoeconomics is the study of the cost-effectiveness of drug treatments the cost of... 

Disease management has been defined as quantifying, tracking, and controlling the unique set of cost drivers in any disease and the interactions of these drivers over the course of the disease across all elements of the healthcare system. Studying the distribution and effects of medications in populations (pharmacoepidemiology), as well as the costs and comparisons of alternative courses of... 

Strom (2005, p. 3) defined pharmacoepidemiology as the study of the use of and the effects of drugs in large numbers of people. Dimensions of interest include safety, effectiveness, utilization, and cost. Going back to randomized clinical trials... 

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