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Outcomes Measurement: The Key to the Appropriate Use of Pharmaceuticals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Rondi R. Grey
Affiliation:
Biochem Pharma, Inc.
Raymond J. Townsend
Affiliation:
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.
Charles A. Sanders
Affiliation:
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.

Abstract

Outcomes measurement will be key to the appropriate use of Pharmaceuticals as health care costs continue to rise. The generation of data showing the clinical, economic, and humanistic outcomes of pharmaceutical care will be essential to avoid decision making based solely on cost and to ensure that cost-effective, high-quality health care remains the health care system's top priority.

Type
Special Section: The Rational Use of Therapeutic Drugs
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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