Review article
PHARMACOECONOMICS – CHALLENGES FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
PETRA TURČIĆ
orcid.org/0000-0002-2621-8257
; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
VANESA BENKOVIĆ
; Croatian Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Health Economics, Zagreb, Croatia
OGNJEN BRBOROVIĆ
; University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
ANĐA VALENT
; Polytechnic of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Over the last 30 years, medical expenditure has increased throughout the world. The main reasons estimated to lay behind it include aging, ever more chronic diseases and new emerging diseases, new drugs, expanded indications of current drugs, and development of pharmaceutical industry. A challenge for healthcare professionals is to sustain current quality of care and enable medical innovations while attempting to contain costs. The overall goal is to demonstrate the
pharmacoeconomic value, i.e. a balance of economic, humanistic and clinical outcomes.
Keywords
pharmacoeconomics; analysis; outcomes; perspectives; cost
Hrčak ID:
165170
URI
Publication date:
7.9.2016.
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