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PHARMACOECONOMIC STUDIES IN WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES: REPORTING COMPLETENESS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2017

Qais Alefan  and
Karen Rascati
Qais Alefan
Affiliation:
Jordan University of Science and Technologyqmefan@just.edu.jo
Karen Rascati
Affiliation:
College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin
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Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the extent of reporting necessary information in published health economic research in World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Countries (WHO EMC).

Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted using PubMed and Google Scholar to identify pharmacoeconomic studies conducted in WHO EMC. The inclusion criteria for the studies were: (i) original studies, (ii) compared pharmaceutical services or drugs, (iii) conducted in WHO EMC, (iv) manuscript published in English. The articles were reviewed by two independent reviewers using the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) checklist.

Results: A total of seventeen studies were included, each of which were published in seventeen different journals. The mean CHEERS checklist score was 16 ± 4. Most studies were published in journals outside WHO EMC (n = 12; 71 percent). Cost-effectiveness (n = 5; 29 percent) and cost-utility analyses (n = 5; 29 percent) were the most frequently used methods of economic evaluation.

Conclusions: Pharmacoeconomic studies in WHO EMC are limited and sometimes incomplete. Economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals should be encouraged in WHO EMC to ensure the appropriate allocation of healthcare resources.

Keywords

Developing countriesCost-effectiveness analysis (CEA)PharmacoeconomicsReview
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , 2017 , pp. 215 - 221
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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