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Evaluation of Published Pharmacoeconomic Studies

Stephen Joel Coons

Studies involving economic analyses are being published with increasing frequency in medical and pharmacy literature. As members of pharmacy and therapeutics committees, or as clinicians dealing directly with patient management, pharmacists will be expected to evaluate published economic studies and apply results of such publications to their respective practice settings. The purpose of this article is to provide insight for practitioners into the evaluation of published pharmacoeconomic studies. Although pharmacoeconomic analyses may take many forms, there are several methodological concerns that are common to all. In light of this, we first discuss the evaluation of economic studies in general terms. Following this, two recently published pharmacoeconomic analyses are reviewed as examples of what one might consider in the critical evaluation of published pharmacoeconomic studies. Copyright © 1995 by W.B. Saunders Company

Journal of Pharmacy Practice, Vol. 8, No. 4, 156-166 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/089719009500800403


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