Pharmacoeconomics: Fundamentals and Applications

Pharmacoeconomics is an independent field related to the healthcare system have been gaining much attention in recent years, and challenge of providing comperhensive and quality health care to a growing population has become increasingly complex. The book's aim is to introduce readers to basic principle of economics and how to improve the medical field through the application of economic concepts and the analytical tools of economics evaluations in the healthcare system. Concepts such as cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, cost minimization and cost benefit are some of the econometrics addressed and their applications in healthcare evaluated