Economic Evaluation of Pharmacy Services

1. An Introduction to Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs2. Economic Evaluation of Community and Hospital Pharmacy Services: An Introductory Review3. Economic Evaluation of Pharmacy Services: Review of Studies From Asia, Africa, and South America4. Economic Evaluation and Its Types5. Design Principles for Economic Evaluations in Pharmacy6. Steps in Conducting an Economic Evaluation7. Evaluation of the Community Pharmacist-led Anticoagulation Management Service (CPAMS) Pilot Program in New Zealand8. Economic Evaluation of Pharmacy Services in Portugal9. Economic Evaluation of Pharmacist-Managed Warfarin Therapy: A Review of Studies10. Economic Evaluation of a Medicines Management Model in New Zealand: A Proposal

Professor Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar is Professor in Medicines and Healthcare and the Director of Centre of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Research at the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom. He is globally known for his work in pharmaceutical policy and practice, including quality use of medicines, clinical pharmacy practice, access to medicines and issues related to pharmacoeconomics.

He has published in high impact journals such as PLoS Medicine and the Lancet and has acted as a consultant for World Health Organization, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Health Action International, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, World Bank, European Union, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and for the Pharmaceutical Management Agency of New Zealand.

His edited work includes "Economic evaluation of pharmacy services", "Pharmaceutical prices in the 21st century”, "Pharmaceutical policies in countries with developing healthcare systems ", "Global Pharmaceutical Policy”, "Pharmacy Practice Research Methods” and "Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy”. Published by Elsevier and Adis/Springer, the work is used in curriculum design, policy development and for referral all around the globe.

Professor Babar is also the Editor-in-Chief of BMC Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice and can be contacted at z.babar@hud.ac.uk

"...the contribution of the book is important. Particularly welcomed by this reviewer is the book's comprehensive approach in presenting studies from a variety of countries and health systems." --Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

"This book provides much needed knowledge in current pharmacy practice. Furthermore, it provides up-to-date information and evaluation of innovative pharmacy services in different countries." --Minji Sohn, Ferris State University

"At a time of expanding scopes of practice within the profession of pharmacy, and the increasing demand by payers, patients, and other health professions to justify the allocation of scarce resources toward new pharmacy services, methodologically sound examples of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness are essential. In this manner, the contribution of the book is important. Particularly welcomed by this reviewer is the book's comprehensive approach in presenting studies from a variety of countries and health systems. As an educator, it is often a challenge to provide examples of pharmaco-economic studies beyond North America and Western Europe." --Roy Thomas Dobson, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, for journal of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy