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Econ Exam 1 Flashcards

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Cost-Minimization Analysis (CMA)

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compares cost of treatments with equivalent outcomes

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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA)

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measures costs in dollars and outcomes in natural health units —it is the most common type

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Cost-Utility Analysis (CUA)

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measures costs in dollars and outcomes in quality adjusted life year (QALY)
takes patient preference/satisfactions (utilities) into account
a subset of CEA-outcomes in natural health units

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Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)

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compares both costs and benefits in monetary units $
used in wildlife, irrigation and flood control, air quailty

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Economics

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The study of how individuals and societies choose to allocate scarce resources, why they choose to allocate them that way, and the consequences of those decisions.

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Microeconomics

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The study of individual decisions
Suppy,demand, elasticity

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Macroeconomics

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The study of the economy as a whole
-inflation, unemployment -the country

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Utility (Satisfaction)

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Satisfaction obtained from purchasing a particular good or service
if utility of a good is greater than its cost=BUY

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Patient Perspective

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Pays for the costs not covered by insurance companies
-copayments, deductibles and any out of pocket costs

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Provider Perspective

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Pays for the costs of providing products or services
-drugs, hospitalization and lab test

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Price

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the charge

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Cost

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the input

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ECHO

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Economic, Clinical, Humanistic, Outcome

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Traditional Cost Category

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  1. Direct Medical Costs
  2. Direct Non-medical costs
  3. Indirect costs
  4. Intangible costs
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Direct Medical Costs

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most obvious cost to measure
directly related to medical treatment
-diagnostic tests, hospitalization, home infusion, medical visits
ambulance to ER service
buying an OTC cold medicine from a local pharmacy

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Direct Non-medical Costs

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Cost to the patient that are directly associated with treatment but are not medical in nature
Examples: cost of traveling to and from clinic, food and lodging for out of town treatment, child care services
-gas fee spent on the way to clinic where you receive steroid injections
-you order food while waiting for son to finish chemo
-buying plane ticket to care for moms recovery
-uber fee spent

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Indirect Costs

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Result from the loss of productivity due to death/illness
Examples: Missing work, or reduced productivity at work due to treatment
-taking a week off from your work to care for ill mom
-come back to work after knee surgery and are slower

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Intangible Costs

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costs of non-financial outcomes of disease and medial care
examples: nausea from chemotherapy, anxiety during mri scan so take xanax

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Consumer price index (CPI)

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measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by the consumers

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standardization of costs

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bringing past costs to the present
CPI as indicator
MULTIPLY (must always add 1 before)
if CPI=4.4%
change to decimal –> 0.044
then add 1 (1+0.044)=1.044
now can multiply the cost by that

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discounting of costs

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brining future costs to the present
DIVIDE (must always add 1 before)
if Discount rate= 5%
change to decimal –> 0.05
then add 1 (1+0.05)=1.05
now can divide the cost by that

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Average Wholesale price (AWP)

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list price/sticker price
higher than what pharmacies actually pay for the meds
-redbook-micromedex

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wholesale acquisition cost (WAC)

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catalog price
sale deals and discounts/rebates NOT included

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average manufacturer price (AMP)

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amount paid by wholesaler after all sales deals are included
more precise
not available to public

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Common sources for US reimbursement rates

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physician fee reference
medicare reimbursement rates from CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

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Personnel Costs

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consideration of the amount of time spent by medical personnel (work time)

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Hospitalizations

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  1. per diem
  2. disease-specific per diem
  3. diagnosis related group
  4. micro-costing
    (more precise as you read down)
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per diem

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average cost per day for all types of hospitalizations
(key words: per day, all)

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disease-specific per diem

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estimate the costs based on specific disease state
-appendectomy, cardiac bypass surgery costs, small joint repairs and cataract surgery costs etc.

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diagnosis related group

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classify diagnosis/procedures that use similar resources
control medicare costs
each category has its own reimbursement rate based on: diagnosis, secondary diagnosis, age, sex, and discharge status
each-patient is categorized

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micro-casting

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collects information on resource use for each component of hospitalization
-need to review patients hospital record

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Complete title

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Good Example
 Cost Benefit Analysis of Ibuprofen vs. Tylenol in Pediatric Patients with Common Cold Symptoms
 Bad Examples
 (Pharmacoeconomic Analysis) of Glipizide vs. Glyburide in the Veterans Administration
 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of (Two Antibiotic) Therapies in a Large Teaching Hospital
 (Ultraceph Found Cost-Effective) When Compared to Megaceph

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Clear objective

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stated in the beginning-usually in objective section
-to calculate the benefit to cost ration
NOT-to determine if better

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appropriate alternatives/comparators

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new vs current
drug vs nondrug
etc

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alternatives described

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what resources? services? and description of drug dose and so on

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perspective stated

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costs for patients, providers and society

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type of study

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knowing upfront what type of study is being done ..CBA, CMA etc. and why it is appropriate for the study

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relevant costs

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stated perspective for the costs, time period, and justification
protocol driven costs should be excluded

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relevant outcomes

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clinically important and appropriate time periods

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adjustment or discounting

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assessing resources over years=use adjusted (standardized)
when costs extrapolated more than 1 year out=use discount rate

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reasonable assumptions

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may not be precise or universally agreed upon

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sensitivity analyses

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more reliability (robustness) for discount rates
if it supports then your study is more credible

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limitations addressed

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no PE study is perfect
limitations: small sample size=disturbs reliability
retrospective data collection=disturbs generalization due to potential bias

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Appropriate generalizations

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if used specific population then needs to be specified in the study as a caution against generalizing or extrapolating
-age, gender, socioeconomic status, disease state

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unbiased conclusion

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dose study make sense?
does the result show no significant difference but the conclusion strongly supports one of the alternatives

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when analyzing if a good title

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answer these:
what is being compared?
what type of study is being conducted?
does the title sound biased?

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Cost-minimizing analysis (CMA)

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pharmacoeconomic analysis that compares the costs of treatments assuming that they have equivalent outcomes

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CMA compares: bioequivalent

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same active ingredients and same desired outcome

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CMA compares: 2 different settings at the same doses

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hospital vs home

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advantages to CMA

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simplest -only costs of intervention are compared
easy to convince readers-due to equivalent outcomes

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Disadvantages to CMA

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types of interventions are limited
less commonly. used

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cost analysis

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if outcomes are not measured it is a partial economic analysis and not a full one

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cost-effective analysis

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if outcomes are measured it is an cost effective analysis that has the same effectiveness

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50th percentile

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median

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75th percentile

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75 percent of the charges for that service are equal to or less than that fee nationwide

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healthcare professional cost

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costs per minute
gross annual salaries including fringe benefits

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drug administration cost

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hospital supply information

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drug cost of IV and SC formulations

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unit cost per treatment cycle
US average wholesale price

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indirect costs

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allow for more precise results

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perspective stated?

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what costs were measured? patients, providers,payers, society (may not say directly but if see costs then choose it)

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relevant costs?

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costs were estimated….medical and billing records…..

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relevant outcomes?

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includes time period and same efficacy/scope

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appropiate generalizations?

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does not generalize/extrapolates but says appear to be similar but differences can be seen

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cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA)

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measures costs in dollars and outcomes in natural health units that indicate an improvement in health
most common type

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advantages of CEA

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measured in clinical units-familiar and acceptable to clinicians
outcomes do not need to be converted to monetary values
ex: symptom free days, mmHG, %healed, life years saved, rehospitalizations avoided

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disadvantages of CEA

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only one outcome at a time can be compared
so keep to mmHg to mmHG not to FEV
interpretation is subjective -is added benefit worth got the added cost

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uses of CEA

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cost of mammogram vs prevention of breast cancer
cost of flu vaccine vs. prevention of influenza

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average cost (Cost effectiveness ratios) CER

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total cost/ effectiveness (change % to decimal)

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marginal costs (incremental cost effective ratios (ICER)

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change in costs/change in benefits (effectiveness,outcomes…)
(C2-C1) / (E2-E1)

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for ICER calculation

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must use CCA (cost and outcomes) not CER

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high cost and same effectiveness

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not cost effective

72
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same cost and higher effectiveness

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cost effective

73
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lower cost and lower effectiveness

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other factors may be considered to determine the winner

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if less effective at a higher cost

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not considered cost effective

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if more effective at a lower cost

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it is considered cost effective

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if more effective but at a higher cost

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decision maker must decide if the higher effectiveness is worth the higher cost (trade off 1)

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if less effective but at a lower cost

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decision maker must decide if the lower cost is low enough to outweigh the lower effectiveness (trade off 2)

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cost (+)

Quadrant A. Quadrant B
effect (+)
Quadrant C. Quadrant D

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quadrant B. is known as Trade off 1-decision maker must decide if the higher effectiveness is worth the higher cost
quadrant D= cost effective
quadrant A= not cost effective
quadrant c= Trade off 2-decision maker must decide if the lower cost is low enough to outweigh the lower effectiveness

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primary outcomes (final)

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not feasible due to lack of time and monetary resources
ex: cure of a disease, eradication of an infection, life years saved

80
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intermediate outcomes

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surrogate outcomes _labs, FEV1, mmHG, A1C

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efficacy

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does the drug work under controlled conditions?
RCTS are essential
before fda approval

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effectiveness

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does the drug work in routine medical practices?
after fda approval

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efficiency

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how well does it work?

84
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elasticity

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how much the demand changes as the price changes

85
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market equilibrium price

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the point where the supply and demand curves intersect

86
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pharmacoeconomics

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description and analysis of the costs of drug therapy to health care systems
scientific discipline that evaluates the value of products and services

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humanistic

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consequences of disease/treatment perceived and reported by the PATIENT

88
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4 types of direct medical costs

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meds, medical services, personnel costs, hospitalizations

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