E-DRUG: Cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis
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May I request for information on the following topics/issues:
1. How may cost effectiveness be assayed/measured (with particular reference on drug regimen)?
2. How may cost benefit analysis be assayed/measured (with particular reference on drug regimen)?
Dr.Abanum M.
Nigeria
mark_opollo@yahoo.com
[Moderator: I recommend to search the E-drug archive using 'cost effectiveness' and 'cost benefit' (pharmacoeconomic analysis) as search strings. There you will e.g. find reference to documents by countries that require such analysis for reimbursement of drugs. One often quoted is the Australian:
Australian guidelines (including economic analyses requirements) for
pharmaceutical industry submissions to our Pharmaceutical Benefits
Advisory Committee, can be found at:
http://www.health.gov.au/haf/docs/pharmpac/gusubpac.htm.\]