Economic Evaluation of Pharmacy Services

Dear Colleagues,

Although every healthcare system operates slightly differently, the fundamental principles of having a finite amount of resources are the same regardless of country. Payors of healthcare services (government, insurers) need to not only know whether an intervention is effective, but also whether it provides value for money from the perspective of the payor. Decisions around use of healthcare resources should be underpinned by robust arguments and good data. Along with other healthcare professionals, pharmacy practice researchers must routinely include these considerations within any research to evaluate an intervention.

Within this Special Issue, we are looking for studies that involve evaluations of cost effectiveness, cost analysis, and cost consequence, alongside discussion papers on how to enhance the quality of economic evaluations within pharmacy practice. We would also like to consider systematic reviews of different interventions assessing their cost effectiveness, as well as thematic analyses of the current literature to provide greater insight into which costs to collect and how best to collect them.

This Special Issue will help to shine the spotlight on the development of better evidence of the cost effectiveness of pharmacy services to help inform practice. Pharmacy needs to change, and evidence of better value will support funding to help drive this change.

Prof. Dr. Tracey Thornley
Prof. Dr. David Wright
Guest Editors

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• Community pharmacy
• Cost effectiveness
• Cost analysis
• Cost consequence
• Quality improvement
• Impact analysis
• Quality of evidence
• Evidence into practice