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Associate Director, Health Economics and Pricing - EU Abraxis BioScience

Research Associates - Center for Health Economics, Epidemiology and Science Policy United BioSource Corporation

Operations Research Analyst FDA/CDER

Senior Health Economics Consultant, Sydney IMS Health

Research Scientists - Center for Health Outcomes Research United BioSource Corporation

Advanced Methods of CEA Course

This course has moved from Oxford to Glasgow. It is a three-day course for those already undertaking modelling for health economic evaluation within the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, consultancy, academia or the health service. It is run collaboratively by the Universities of York and Glasgow. More information from York or Glasgow.

American Council for Pharmaceutical Education

American Seminar Institute

Continuing medical education

Application of Healthcare Intervention Economic Evaluation

Advisory Panel report from ISPOR Working Group

Audio Preparation Study Guide ? Audio Learn Books

The AudioLearn series is a highly effective test preparation tool for a number of postsecondary College admissions tests including MCAT DAT PCAT SAT Microbiology Pharmacy or CPA

Audio-Digest Foundation

Publishes clinical lectures. Good search feature.

Audio-Digest Foundation -- Audio CME & CE

CME and CE audio programs, delivered to physicians and allied health professionals.

Australian Graduate Programs in Health Economics

Links to universities and degree offerings

Bayesian Statistics for Health Economics and Outcomes Research by O'Hagan and Luce

Wonderful primer that makes the subject of bayesian statistics understandable, relevant, and interesting.

Bias, Credibility and Quality in Economic Evaluations

Advisory Panel Report from ISPOR

Book: Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine

Clearly written with an excellent glossary and index.The product of over two years of deiberation by a multi-disciplinary Public Health Service appointed panel that included economists, ethicists, psychometricians, and clinicians, it explores cost-effectiveness in the context of societal decision-making for resource allocation purposes.

Book: Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and Values

M. G. Myriam Hunink and Milt Weinstein. It is very readable, making a complex subject appear crystal clear and easy to understand. The exercises at the end of each chapter provide a useful check of understanding and examples of how to apply the skills.Overall, this book is a very useful addition to the literature on evidence-based health care, providing clear strategies for incorporating decision analysis into our daily decision making.

Book: Economic Evaluation in Health Care: Merging Theory with Practice

To accompany the hugely sccessful 'Methods for Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes 2e', this book is a thorough and rigorous discussion of the methodological principles and recent advances in the rapidly advancing field of theory and practice of economic evaluation in health care. Written by an internationally acclaimed group of authors, the book provides an in-depth discussion of the latest theoretical advances and gives comprehensive reviews of the available literature. The book covers the main areas of economic evaluation, including the methods for measuring costs and outcomes, the collection of data alongside clinical studies, ways of handling uncertainty, discounting and issues relating to the transferability of economic data.

Book: Handbooks in Health Economic Evaluation

Includes 1. Decision Modelling for Health Economic Evaluation, by Briggs et al. focuses on the role and methods of decision analysis in economic evaluation. Published 2006. 2. Economic Evaluation in Clinical Trials by Glick et al. covers the design, conduct and analysis of economic evaluations alongside clinical trials and their distinctive methodological and practical issues. Published February 2007. 3. Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care by Clark et al. sets out the key elements of analysing costs and outcomes, calculating cost-effectiveness and reporting results. Publication date 2008. 4. Applied Methods of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Health Care by Clark et al. provides a comprehensive guide to the theory and the practical conduct of cost-benefit analysis. Publication date 2009.

Book: Healthcare Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Book of Terms

Includes over 100 monographs covering over 400 terms used in health care delivery, management, and regulation, as well as health care outcomes research including clinical, economic, and quality-of-life research terms.

Book: Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes

This is my favorite book. Praise for the first edition: "The methodological chapters on cost analysis and cost utility analysis are gems... Should become the standard text on the subject at the intermediate level at which it is aimed."--Medical Decision Making "It leaves nothing important in economic evaluation analysis untouched."--Health Policy and Planning

Book: Pharmaceutical Marketing in the 21st Century

by Mickey Smith. View TOC and chapters.

Book: Pharmaceutical Marketing Strategies and Cases

By Mickey Smith

Book: Principles of Pharmacoeconomics

PDF of book, Principles of Pharmacoeconomics, 3rd edition, edited by J Lyle Bootman, PhD, Raymond J Townsend, PharmD, and William F McGhan, PharmD, PhD

Book: The Diffusion and Value of HealthCare Information Technology

Investigates the impact of electronic medical records.

Book: Applied Econometrics for Health Economics

(Radcliffe Publishing) By Andrew Jones Applied Econometrics for Health Economists introduces readers to the appropriate econometric techniques for use with different forms of survey data, known collectively as microeconometrics. The book provides a complete illustration of the steps involved in doing microeconometric research. The only study to deal with practical analysis of qualitative and categorical variables, it also emphasizes applied work, illustrating the use of relevant computer software applied to large-scale survey datasets. This is a comprehensive reference guide – it contains a glossary of terms, a technical appendix, software appendix, references, and suggestions for further reading. It is concise and easy to read – technical details are avoided in the main text and key terms are highlighted. It is essential reading for health economists as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students of health economics. ISPOR member price: ££15.96 (a 20% savings) ISBN#9781846191718 Enter Code: ISPOR To order, please email: www.radcliffe-oxford.com

BooK: Basic Concepts in Statistics and Epidemiology

(Radcliffe Publishing) By Theodore H. MacDonald Health care students, practitioners and researchers need a sound basis for making valid statistical inferences from health data. To make the best use of statistical software, it is necessary to understand how probabilistic inference works. This book explains that, along with the various ways statistical data can be described and presented. It is designed to develop insight rather than simply the mechanical skills found in other textbooks. This book is specifically designed underpin the concepts of statistics and epidemiology. It is practical and easy to use and is ideal for people who can feel uncomfortable with mathematics. ISPOR member price: £17.56 (a 20% savings) ISBN#9781846191244 Enter Code: ISPOR To order, please email: www.radcliffe-oxford.com

Book: Basic Statistics and Epidemiology, Second Edition

(Radcliffe Publishing) By Anthony Stewart This straightforward primer in basic statistics emphasises its practical use in epidemiology and public health, providing understanding of essential topics such as study design, data analysis and statistical methods used in the execution of medical research. This new edition includes fresh sections on correlation and linear regression, as well as brand new exercises reflecting current working life. Clearly worded and assuming no prior knowledge, it gives full step-by-step guidance on performing statistical calculations. Illustrated by numerous examples, and containing exercises with detailed answers, it will help readers grasp the main points of these complex subjects with ease. It provides every doctor, nurse, health manager, researcher and student with a concise, practical guide. ISPOR member price: £18.80 (a 20% savings) ISBN#9781846191961 Enter Code: ISPOR To order, please email: www.radcliffe-oxford.com

Book: Best Practices in Biotechnology Business Development

By Yali Friedman. Valuation, Licensing, Cash Flow, Pharmacoeconomics, Market Selection, Communication, and Intellectual Property

Book: Dictionary of Health Economics

By AJ Culyer. This expansive Dictionary comprehensively covers the health economics, epidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, demography, medical sociology, medical statistics and bio-statistics, health policy, health administration and health service management, public health medicine and qualitative and quantitative research. Entries and definitions are provided for all key concepts listed with, in many cases, more extended entries on core or controversial ideas. Anthony Culyer has amassed a wealth of information and facts within these pages, and yet has not been reluctant to include comment on issues and ideas. This makes the Dictionary eminently readable and all the more interesting. This is a unique reference work and as such, The Dictionary of Health Economics will be a valuable reference tool for a wide audience encompassing not just health economists, but many specialists and researchers in other fields (social sciences and beyond) as well as with policymakers.

Book: Drugs, Ethics and Quality of Life: Cases and Materials on Ethical, Legal, and Public Policy Dilemmas in Medicine and Pharmacy Practice

By Bruce D. White.

Book: Economic Analysis in Health Care

By Stephen Morris, Nancy Devlin and David Parkin (2007). core textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students with knowledge of economic analysis and will appeal to an international audience. It adopts an international perspective, using examples and case studies from the UK, the rest of Europe, and other countries.

Book: Essentials of Pharmacoeconomics

By Karen Rascati, PhD. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) by Karen Rascati This text provides a straightforward explanation of the essential Pharmacoeconomics topics outlined by The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). It defines terminology used in research and covers the application of economic-based evaluation methods to pharmaceutical products and services. ISPOR member price: $47.95 plus shipping (a 20% discount). ISBN#978-0-7817-6544-2 Enter Code: W7EDA2ZZ To order, please visit: www.lww.com/pharmacy or 1-800-638-3030

Book: Excessive Medical Spending

(Radcliffe Publishing) By Edited by Norman J. Temple and Andrew Thompson This book exposes why health care costs have been rapidly increasing and includes a close examination of over-priced drugs. It contains a detailed explanation of how the drug industry takes billions of dollars from society each year and proposes radical new ideas to reign in excessive spending on medicine. Based on the latest research, its unique approach takes into account the pharmaceutical industry, health care policy and society to offer a wide ranging account. It is invaluable for all health care professionals, especially managers and doctors and nurses with budgetary responsibilities. It will also be useful for researchers, policy makers and shapers, pharmaceutical company executives and general readers with an interest in medical expenditure. ISPOR member price: £23.96 (a 20% savings) ISBN#9781846191688 Enter Code: ISPOR To order, please email: www.radcliffe-oxford.com

Book: The Compendium of Health Statistics, 18th Edition, 2007

(Radcliffe Publishing) By Emma Hawe The OHE Compendium of Health Statistics is the one-stop statistical source specially designed for easy use by anyone interested in the UK health care sector and the NHS. It contains over 300 simple, easy-to-read tables and charts and provides a wide range of information on UK health and health care, demography, expenditure and major illness in a single volume. It also includes long time series and comparisons with other economically developed nations. The UK data are broken down into England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and contain annual figures from as far back as 1949 (the first full year of the NHS). ISPOR member price: £319.20 (a 20% savings) ISBN#9781846192128 Enter Code: ISPOR To order, please email: www.radcliffe-oxford.com

Book: ust Health: Meeting Health Needs Fairly

(Cambridge University Press) by Norman Daniels In this book by the award-winning author of Just Healthcare, Norman Daniels develops a comprehensive theory of justice for health that answers three key questions: What is the special moral importance of health? When are health inequalities unjust? How can we meet health needs fairly when we cannot meet them all? The theory has implications for national and global health policy: Can we meet health needs fairly in aging societies? Or protect health in the workplace while respecting individual liberty? Or meet professional obligations and obligations of justice without conflict? ISPOR member price: $23.99 plus shipping (a 20% discount). ISBN#978-0521-69998-3 Enter Code: ME7DAJH To order, please visit:

Carnegie Mellon Health Economics

PhD Public Policy, PhD Economics/Public Policy, MS Health Care Polcy & Management, MS Medical Management

Case Studies on Health and Productivity Management

Excellent training and education tools from the Benfield Group

CEA in clinical trials

From ISPOR Task Force. Good white paper.

Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research

Based out of Stanford University School of Medicine

Cleveland State University

MBA, MPH in Health Care Administration

Clinical Epidemiology Definitions

Defines relative risk, absolute risk, study designs (case controls, etc), intent to treat, etc. Great educational tool

Communicating and Reporting Health Economic Information

Advisory Panel Report from ISPOR

Curriculum for Health Economics

A wonderful compilation of books, journals, articles, websites, databases, etc. that you would need if you are new to health economics. In fact, it's a great list if you are an experienced health economist. It only goes up to 2003 but it provides a wonderful, exhaustive overview of relevant resources. Great for students and for teachers preparing courses.

Curtin University Social Econoimcs & Public Health Research

Australia

Dartmouth College Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences

MS, MPH, PhD in Evaluative Clinical Sciences. Outcomes research, health behavior and decision making, health policy, quality improvement, and public health.

Decision Modelling for Health Economic Evaluation

Book by Andrew Briggs, Karl Claxton, and Mark Sculpher * A practical guide designed to encourage the reader to apply the modelling methods discussed * Provides a step by step guide on how to set up a model, enter the data, analyse the results, and take this forward for future research * Supporting material provided online, including exercise templates and solution files * Relevant to any researchers and analysts responsible for producing or interpreting cost-effectiveness models

Definition of Health Economics

Wikipedia listing. Needs input. Also help create a Wikipedia "health outcomes" listing. There isn't one! Email patti@healtheconomics.com if you want to work together to do this.

Determinants of health economic decisions

Summary of presentation by Dr. Daniel Kahneman at 2007 ISPOR meeting. Covers the value of QALY

Disease Management ROI: Benchmarks, Metrics, and Case Studies for Success

Join the Managed Care Information Center and experts on disease management analysis for a discussion about disease management and ROI in this special 90-minute audio conference which took place in May 2007 with Ron Z. Goetzel, Ph.D. Director, Cornell Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Matthew McGinnis,Sr. Director, Ctr for Health Research, Healthways, and Thomas W. Wilson, Ph.D. Epidemiologist Trajectory HealthCare. Cost is $247 for CD + materials

Duke University Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics

Part of Duke Clinical Research Institute evaluates costs, outcomes, and quality of life in clinical trials; studies physician and patient decision making; and conducts health services research in such areas as access to care, geographic variation, and managed care.

Duke University Center for Health Policy, Law and Management

Focusing on evidence-based health policy decisions.

ecampus.com

Textbooks

Economic Analysis Worksheet to evaluate journal article

Critical Appraisal worksheet for economic analysis journal article.

Economic Evaluation in Clinical Trials

Book by Henry A Glick, Jalpa A Doshi, Seema S Sonnad, and Daniel Polsky.* Hugely important for anyone involved in the development of new drugs, therapies, or devices * Supporting material provided online * A practical guide to teach the reader how to design and conduct appropriate, rigorous economic evaluations of clinical trials

EducationCentral.com

Find schools, courses, degrees online

Educator

The Educator’s Tool Kit Task Force was created to establish useful teaching resources for the International Pharmacoeconomics Educator. The Tool Kit is intended to be international, and it includes written and interactive works from various nations in order to provide a fully global understanding of the field of pharmacoeconomics. The Pharmacoeconomics Educator, regardless of level of familiarity with the topic, will be able to use this tool in facilitating his or her educational endeavors.

Emerging Trends Within Industry-based Post-Graduate Training Programs for Pharmacists

Poster

Emory University Department of Health Policy and Management

MPH and MSPH in health care outcomes and management, Clinical outcomes measurement, outcomes management research design and methods, cost effectiveness analysis. PhD in health services research and health policy.

Employer Manufacturer Relationships

Report on the Health and productivity management relationship works from the Benfield Group

Employer Market Overview and Trends

From the Benfield Group: Employer market overview; Key employer market trends; Employers' role and influence on pharmacy decisions

Erasmus University of Rotterdam Institute for Medical Technology Assessment

Academic study in Health Policy and Management, and lectures at Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences. Downloadable pdf files of reports available.

Evidence-based Medicine: an Introduction

Toolkit to aid the practice of EBM. Tips, how to frame question, literature sources, how to critically appraise, etc.

Fellowship in Pharmacoeconomics: Survey Results

Describe the results from an AFPE survey on organizational structures and educational components of the pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research (PE/OR) fellowship programs in the United States.

Finding and Using Health Statistics: A Self Study Course** - National Information Center on Health Services Research & Health Care Technology (NICHSR)

A very useful interactive tutorial.

Florida A&M University Center Economic, Social & Administrative Pharmacy

MS in Pharmacoeconomics - Economic, Social and Administrative Pharmacy Division PharmD, Master in Public Health MS in Pharmaceutics MS and PHD in Pharmacology/Toxicology

Georgetown University Institute - Health Policy Institute

Health policy and health services research.

Getting It Right: Designing Outcomes-Based Physician Incentive Compensation

Is there a "right way" to get physician buy-in of pay-for-performance (P4P)? What makes for an effective outcomes-based incentive program? Listen to this executive-level teleconference on CD-ROM. This special program was sponsored by Managed Care Information Center. This conference was held on July 28, 2005. Cost $149 for CD + materials

Glossary of terms in health economics

From a self-study course developed by the National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR). Other modules include scope of appraisal, resources, identification and retrieval, critical appraisal/analysis.

Glossary of Terms on Health Economics and Pharmacoeconomics - maintained by the University of Groningen, the Netherlands

HealthEconomics.nl is an open collaboration and aims to provide a free, comprehensible and open knowledgebase for Health Economics and Pharmacoeconomics. Its main purpose is to provide background information on economic evaluations of healthcare interventions (such as cost-effectiveness analysis and cost-utility analysis) to policy- and decision makers, students, researchers and healthcare workers in the field of healthcare, as well as the general public.

Harvard School of Public Health Center for Continuing Professional Education

Continuing Professional Education

Harvard University Dept. of Health Policy & Management

MS, MPH, Sc.D. in Health Policy and Management, Ph.D. in Health Policy; Decision sciences, health economics, political analysis, evaluative sciences, ethics, medical sociology, post-doctoral training in health services research and pharmacoeconomics.

Health and Productivity Management Overview

Publication by the Benfield Group. Health and Productivity Management (HPM) is an integrated and strategic approach to the management of employee health and productivity. HPM focuses on enhancing total shareholder value by simultaneously lowering total health-related costs & improving workforce productivity. Read this perspective on how HPM is an emerging business strategy that delivers bottom line results.

Health and Productivity Toolkit

Excellent overview for evaluating health and productivity management programs

Health Economic Appraisal Self Study

Self study education course from National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR). This module explains why health economic evaluations require appraisal; explains each of the key areas to consider in the critical appraisal of health economic evaluation studies; Helps you appraise a selected paper.

Health Economics and Decision Science - University of Sheffield

A research and education center for health care resource allocation decision-making working with both international and UK-based public and private agencies.

Health Economics Course

A new postgraduate course for health economics graduates in the public, private and non-profit sectors has been established at University College Cork (UCC).

Health Economics Knowledge at Wharton

Newsletter and blogspot on issues in health economics, pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research, health care costs, etc.

Health Information Research Unit (HIRU) at McMaster University

Evidence-based Health Informatics

Health IT Certification

Professional certification in electronic health records and Health information technology

Health Outcomes Research Principles from PhRMA

Description of principles that establish a framework to help ensure government-supported health outcomes research, including research on comparative effectiveness, meets patients’ needs and supports continued improvement in medical care.

Health Plan Wellness and Health Improvement Programs: What’s Working Today to Achieve Member Commitment and Participation

Discover what’s working in health plan wellness and health promotion programs, award winning and unique programs, best practices, ROI, and lessons learned in this special audio conference, “Winning Ideas in Health Plan Wellness and Health Improvement Programs: What’s Working Today to Achieve Member Commitment and Participation.” The program was held Tuesday, November 15, 2005.

Health Services and Sciences Research Resources*** - National Information Center on Health Services Research & Health Care Technology (NICHSR)

Searchable database of information about research datasets and instruments/indices. Includes description of and links to resources. Very useful finding aid.

Healthcare Trends & Forecasts in 2008: Performance Expectations for the Healthcare Industry

4 key thought leaders' predictions. Cost is $117

Health-Related Quality of Life Measurements

How to Use Articles About HRQOL by Gordon Guyatt (how to ascertain change, etc.)

HIPAA Compliance Certification training

Online or classroom training, Business Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment, Business Continuity Plan, etc.

HIPAA training

Offers HIPAA compliance training, medical terminology and coding online.

How to Use an Article on Economic Analysis

Great educational tool

HRQOL Determinants: A paper by Lyttkens "Why the Economotrician is in Good Spirits"

This is a paper in progress that blends health related quality of life with health economic theory. Very intriguing.

Identification and Retrieval of Published Health Economic Evaluation Studies

Self study education course from National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR). This module describes the definition and purpose of economic evaluation studies; outlines and highlights the characteristics of the health economic evaluation literature; outlines an effective approach to identifying and retrieving economic evaluation studies from bibliographic databases; considers how economic evaluation studies are indexed in the two major bibliographic databases, MEDLINE and EMBASE

Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation Course

Short course (1-day) conducted by Health Economics Research Council (Oxford, UK) for health professionals and health researchers who want to understand the basics of health economics and its relevance to the health service. No previous knowledge of economics required.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Outcomes research program: the PhD and ScD degrees are offered at the doctoral level through the Department of Health Policy and Management, and the school-wide MPH at the masters level.

Managed Care On-line Dictionary

For example "cost sharing" (synonym Beneficiary Liability) = Specific arrangements whereby plan members pay for designated portions of their covered care, through plan benefit features such as copayments, coinsurance and deductibles; and or through payroll deductions funding a portion of the plan premium costs.

Managed Care: What's Ahead

Review of the challenges ahead in the 90-minute audio conference on CD-ROM, “Forecast: What’s Ahead for Managed Care in 2007.” This executive-level program took place on February 20, 2007. Cost is $247 for CD + materials

Managed Care: What's Ahead, a Forecast

Join thought leaders in the managed care industry to hear different perspectives of the challenges ahead in the 90-minute audio conference, “Forecast: What’s Ahead for Managed Care.” Sponsored by The Executive Report on Managed Care and the Managed Care Information Center, this executive-level program was held on February 23, 2006. Cost is $227 for CD + materials

McMaster University Centre for Evaluation of Medicines

Dedicated to improving drug use through research and education. Areas of focus include pharmacoeconomics, drug epidemiology, and drug policy

Medical University of South Carolina Pharmaceutical Sciences

PhD Program with some emphasis on Outcomes Research

Medicalconferences.com

A huge database of medical conferences with over 7000 upcoming events, in over 90 countries, listed. Healthcare professionals can plan their continuing education or marketing strategy by searching the database free of charge for the conference most suited to their educational needs by keywords, topics, location and date. They can even register on-line for many conferences!

MedicalMnemonics.com

You all probably remember On Old Olympus' Towering Top...well, this database has one for EVERYTHING!!! A free online searchable database of medical mnemonics to help students of health-related professions remember the important details.

Mergers and Acquisitions in the Managed Care Industry: The Trends, Issues and Impact

Hear from speakers at three leading investment banking companies that focus on merger & acquisition services in the healthcare industry for both providers and payors to learn the current trends in M&A’s, what are the issues, what are state officials' issues, what acquirers are seeking in a suitable fit, the strategic buyer's interests, and, finally, the impact on providers in a consolidated market.

Methdological Issues in Conducting PE Evaluations in Clinical Trials

Advisory Panel Report from ISPOR

Modeling Guidelines from ISPOR Task Force

Excellent review of the literature, good research practices, etc. in pdf file.

Monash University Center for Health Program Evaluation

Australian academic centre of excellence in health economics research, teaching and community service. The overriding goal of the Centre is to undertake and promote high quality health economics research and teaching activities, with both a national and international focus.

New York Times Article: "Employers Offer Free Drugs to Save Costs"

Published on 2/21/07, it describes the move by several employers to offer free drugs to improve employees functioning and reduce long-term costs. Mentions several companies involved in this progressive benefit management. Good if you are involved in employer research.

Ohio State University Caligiuri Laboratory

Pursuing basic science discovery and focusing on physician-scientist training for clinical application.

Ohio State University Pharmacy Administration

M.S. and PhD programs in Pharmaceutical Administration emphasizes pharmaceutical health services research, pharmacoeconomics, and patient outcomes. Our graduates work in academia, the pharmaceutical industry, and for health outcomes consulting companies.

Outcomes Research Fact Sheet from AHRQ

Great short primer for students, educators, and media personnel.

PATH-Program for Assessment of Technology in Health

Research program in economic evaluation and health technology assessment (HTA) that primarily supports government reimbursement decisions in the province of Ontario. PATH constitutes a new research program in economic evaluation and HTA associated with the Centre for Evaluation of Medicines (CEM) at St Joseph's Hospital and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics (CE&B) and Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) in the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University.

Patient Reported Outcomes Working Group

Link to the ISPOR Working Group. Goal is to increase the appropriate use of methods for measurement of patient preferences and values in outcomes research and the use of this information in health care technology assessment.

Pharma Marketing Blog

Blog from John Mack, publisher ofPharma Marketing News, a monthly e-newsletter

PharmaCE - Pharmacist & Technician Continuing Education

PharmaCE enables you to select continuing education articles published within the last three years from either The Annals of Pharmacotherapy or the journal of Pharmacy Technology.

Pharmaceutical Pricing: Analysis of Resources, Strategy and Structure.

Download a PDF. This report analyzes the practices of some of the industry’s top pricing departments to provide the steps pricing managers must take to make their functions more integral pieces of the development puzzle. The report provides pricing leaders the tools to improve their pricing departments by comparing their spending, staffing, structure and strategies to those of top pharmaceutical companies.

Pharmacoeconomic education in U.S. schools of pharmacy

Article by K. Raskati et al. on the 1997 status of pharmacoeconomic graduate education.

Pharmacoeconomic Guidelines Around the World

Great resource from ISPOR. Country-specific guidelines’ key features (32) as well as hyperlinks or full text of the guideline (as copyright permission allows) or publication reference including a map of the country

Pharmacoeconomic Guidelines Around the World Comparative Table

From ISPOR. “Pharmacoeconomic Guidelines Around the World” currently represents 23 countries and 28 guidelines, which includes 21 PE guidelines, 6 submission guidelines for formulary listing and 1 for journal publication. For these guidelines that were published in the language of the country (Belgium, France, German), the information was abstracted from a published article of Hjelmgren et al. in VALUE IN HEALTH 2001; 4(3) 225-250. The PE guidelines are government regulatory documents, publications, or suggested guidances or best practices for conducting PE or outcomes research and use of this information in health care decisions and reimbursement decisions.

Pharmacoeconomics Primer by Dr. Albert Wertheimer

Powerpoint presentation of basics of pharmacoeconomics by Temple University professor, Albert Wertheimer, PhD. Excellent basic presentation.

Pharmacoeconomics: Identifying the Issues

Publication from ISPOR covering issues to consider in CEA/QOL within clinical trials, modeling, patient reported outcomes, claims analysis, etc. Good educational tool

Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Center at The University of Utah

Mission is to facilitate the interaction of academia and patient care systems in the conduct of outcomes research, the presentation and publication of results, training of healthcare professionals and facilitating the utilization of outcomes research information to improve patient care. Contract with the pharmaceutical industry, foundations, managed care organizations and government.

Pharmacy Schools

Pharmacy career resource featuring a school directory, pharmacy articles, and career guide. Research schools and request FREE information

PRIME Institute

Part of University of Minnesota. Mission is the study of the economic and policy issues to help improve popular access to pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical services. The Institute is directed by Stephen W. Schondelmeyer, Pharm.D., Ph.D.,

Primer on Outcomes Research

Download PDF or HTML. From Foundation for Health Services Research. Primer PDF is available at: http://www.healtheconomics.com/admin/addAsite.cfm

QALYs: Will they survive

ISPOR QALY Consensus Development Workshop Building a Pragmatic Road: An ISPOR Development Workshop on Moving the QALY Forward (By Invitation Only) November 7–8, 2007 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Quality Improvement in Pharmacoeconomic Evaluations

Link to results of an ISPOR Task Force. This link includes a GREAT table from Mike Drummond entitled "Detecting Flaws in Economic Evaluation". GREAT resource for students

RAND

Policy think-tank, and offers graduate programs. Developers of RAND SF-36, the general quality of life assessment tool.

Rationale for Managing the Health of Human Capital

During 2002, The Benfield Group published a series of perspectives on the Rationale for Managing the Health of Human Capital. Click the icon to access a special compilation of these perspectives.

Retrospective Claims Analysis Issues to Consider

Advisory Panel Report from ISPOR

Rutgers Health Science Institute

MPH/MBA Health care economics, comparative health care systems, Health care policy

S.K.Patel college of pharmaceutical Education and Research

Salary of health economists

2005 survey of salaries from IHEA. Salaries seem very low from my experience in the industry!

Salary of health economists

2005 survey of salaries from IHEA. Salaries seem very low from my experience in the industry!

São Paulo Center for Health Economics

São Paulo Center for health economics, a center at the Federal University of São PAulo - Brazil

Schools of Pharmacy: Directory based on PharmWeb

Worldwide listing in searchable database.

Self Study Course: Health Economics

Outstanding 4 module self study course from National Information Center on Health Services Research (NICHSR).

Seminars by Health Economics Research Council

Oxford UK; periodic seminars in Health outcomes, economics, and policy. Check link often if you are going to be in the area.

Skills needed to conduct Econ evaluations

Advisory Panel Report from ISPOR

Sources and Characteristics of Information Relating to Health Care Financing in the US

Self study education course from National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR). Goals of module include: 1) the significant trends in spending, outcomes, and access within the U.S. health care system; and; 2)the main sources of literature and data relating to health care financing in the U.S.

St. Joseph's University

MBA in Pharmaceutical Marketing, Pharmacoeconomics, marketing to managed care, new marketing strategies for mature brands. Mission is to cultivate an understanding of the latest techniques for developing sophisticated research tools, innovative marketing plans and effective methods for implementing and evaluating changing strategies for a changing business environment. Students in the Executive Pharmaceutical Marketing MBA Program represent a number of industry disciplines including pharmaceutical sales, healthcare, clinical research, product management and countless others. A post-MBA certificate is also offered for those professionals who have already earned their MBA. Also offer on-line option.

Stanford Health Services Research

MS in Health Services Research, MS in Epidemiology

Statistics.Com

Statistics Tutoring Service is a great service. Get help in introductory statistics. Simply submit your query online by 11pm Est Sunday - Thursday and in most cases you will have an answer by the next morning.leading provider of professional development courses in statistics.

Statistics: Number needed to treat

Graphic showing number needed to treat to get a benefit for various drugs

Strategies in Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

White paper, with basic information. Good for students

Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet, and Global Health

global repository of lectures on public health and prevention targeting educators across the world. Supercourse has a network of over 42500 scientists in 174 countries who are sharing for free a library of over 3232 lectures in 26 languages.

The Health Economics Blog: Trends, Politics, Opinions in the Pharma/Biotech Industry

Blogging by Ulf Stagginus. Click here to read. Great topics, take time to respond!

The Scope of Health Economics

Self study education course from National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)in 2 parts: Part 1 - outlines the scope of the subdiscipline of health economics and highlights the range of potential information required; Part 2 - outlines and highlights the type of information that may be required and key sources of that information

Thomas Jefferson University Health Policy

Research in clinical outcomes, health economics, pharmacoeconomics and technology assessment, customized training programs, health policy promotion and dissemination.

Tufts Managed Care Institute

Tufts Managed Care Institute (TMCI) is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to teaching the principles and practices of health care management to health care professionals at all stages of their training and development.

Univ. of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

Primary locus of activities and programs in health services research, policy analysis, and education.

University of Aberdeen Health Economics Research Unit

Funded by the Scottish Executive Health Department

University of Arizona Health Outcomes & PharmacoEconomic Research

One of the earliest pharmacoeconomics graduate programs. The Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research assesses health care interventions from a clinical, economic and humanistic view. MS, PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences with an emphasis in pharmaceutical economics, policy, and outcomes research.

University of Arkansas Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy

M.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences – Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy. Areas of Study: 1. Pharmaceutical evaluation and pharmacoeconomics; 2. Health outcomes assessment; 3. Policy analysis; 4. Social behavioral research in pharmacy

University of Calgary Health Economics

University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health

MPH, PhD in Pharmaceutical economics and policy, Pharmacoeconomics policy

University of California-Berkeley Health Policy & Management

The core offering is a two year program leading to a MPH. The Health Policy and Management (HPM) Program seeks to train health management and policy leaders in health care delivery, managed care, insurance, consulting, biotechnology, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. HPM also offers a one year option for M.D.'s and current medical students and a doctoral program in Health Services and Policy Analysis leading to a Ph.D.

University of California-Berkeley: Ph.D. Program in Health Services and Policy Analysis

Program includes a health economics track.

University of Colorado Executive MBA in Pharmaceutical Management

The Executive MBA Program in Health Administration with Pharmaceutical Management option provides practicing health care professionals with a master's of business administration degree with a major in health administration in 25 months.

University of Florida Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmacoepidemiology

MS and PhD in Pharmacy Health Care Administration, Pharmaceutical care, health economics and outcomes research, health behavior and medical decision making, pharmacoepidemiology, health policy, research and evaluation methods, and pharmacy law and ethics. Much of the research done in the department involves health outcomes research, which crosses disciplinary boundaries and focuses on evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness, safety, humanistic and cost outcomes of drug therapy, medical technologies and pharmacy related health services.

University of Georgia Pharmacy Care Administration

PhD in Pharmacy Care Administration, pharmaceutical marketing, health economics and outcomes research, pharmacoepidemiology, health policy, research and evaluation methods, health care technology assessment

University of Illinois Dept. of Pharmacoeconomics

Established in 2001. The mission of the CPR is to promote and facilitate advancement in understanding of the clinical, humanistic, and economic impact of pharmaceutical products, contemporary pharmacy services, and medication use policy, with respect to the health and safety of patients, organizations and society.

University of Iowa Health Effectiveness Research Center

MSc, PhD Pharmaceutical Socioeconomics, Pharmacoepidemiology and treatment effectiveness research

University of Kentucky School of Public Policy

MHA in Management of Health Services MPA in Public Service Economics Ph.D. in Public Administration, Interrelationship of economic, political and analytical methods in the public policy process Joint Pharm.D./MPA degree

University of Maryland Dept. of Pharmacy Administration

Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Specailizations in: Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmaceutical Policy, and Health Behavioral Sciences. Advanced educational opportunities in Outcomes Research. PharmD/Ph.D. M.S./Ph.D. Epidemiology and Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. Fellowship Opportunities in Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.Focuses on research in pharmacoeconomics, pharmacoepidemiology, policy, and behavioral sciences.

University of Medicine & Dentistry New Jersey School of Public Health

MPH, PhD Biometrics Division Environmental and Occupational Health Division Epidemiology Division Health Systems and Policy Division Health Education and Behavioral Science Division

University of Michigan Dept. of Health Management & Policy

Master of Health Services Administration; Master of Public Health; Ph.D. in Health Services Organization and Policy. Master of Science in Health Services Research (MS-HSR)

University of Minnesota Department of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems

Long history of training in the area of pharmacoeconomics, health policy, etc. PharmD, MS & PhD in Pharmaceutics Social, Administrative and Clinical Pharmacy - Social and Administrative Pharmacy Track - Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Track

University of Minnesota Peters Institute of Pharmaceutical Care

Mission is to develop educational programs to disseminate pharmaceutical care practice to students and practitioners, and to conduct research to evaluate the impact of this practice on patients and society.

University of Mississippi Center for Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management

Promotes efficiency and effectiveness in the marketing and management of products and services in all segments of the pharmaceutical industry.

University of Mississippi Dept. of Pharmacy Administration

MS and PhD program. Mission is prepare highly qualified graduate students for careers in academia, industry, and other appropriate settings with an emphasis on management, marketing, and economics of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy practice

University of Mississippi Pharmacy Entrepreneurship Program

Mission is to foster entrepreneurship in the field of pharmacy by facilitating the establishment and enabling the success of pharmacy-related businesses. This is accomplished by providing entrepreneurial leadership and information to individuals and organizations interested in starting or expanding pharmacy-related businesses. Emphasis within the Program is placed on identifying, disseminating, teaching, and researching the knowledge and skills necessary to accomplish entrepreneurial goals.

University of New Mexico

Pharmacoeconomic, Pharmaceutical Policy and Outcomes Research (PPPOR) Graduate Program. This is a program of study and research leading to the Master of Science and/or Doctor of Philosophy Degree emphasizing the social, psychological, political, legal, historical, quality, clinical, and economic factors that impact on the production, evaluation, use, non-use, and misuse of therapeutic modalities. The Program emphasizes human behavior in health, illness, cultural determinants, ethics, health service systems organization, finance and economics.

University of North Carolina Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

Seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations by understanding the problems, issues and alternatives in the design and delivery of health care services.

University of North Carolina Pharmaceutical Policy and Evaluative Sciences

program advances the knowledge of the cost effectiveness of pharmaceutical products, policies and services through state-of-the-art research. DPOP focuses its research and teaching on the scientific disciplines of behavioral sciences, pharmacoeconomics, and pharmacoepidemiology as contributors to pharmaceutical outcomes research.

University of North Carolina School of Public Health

Health Policy and Administration Dept, highly ranked in US.

University of North Texas Health Science Center

MPH/DPH Concentrations in Biostatistics, Clinical Research, Community Health, Environmental Health, Occupational Health Practice, Epidemiology, Health Interpreting and Health Applied Linguistics, and Health Management and Policy and Social and Behavioral Sciences

University of Oklahoma Health Administration & Policy

Master of Health Administration; Master of Public Health, Components which cover health economics principles of epidemiology and introduction to biostatistics

University of Oxford, UK Health Economics Research Centre

HERC performs applied and methodological research in health economics.

University of Pennsylvania Wharton Health Care Systems Dept.

MS Pharmacy Administration & Pharmacoeconomics; PhD Health Policy; MS and PhD emphasis areas include health economics, outcomes research, quality of life assessment, health services research.

University of Queensland School of Economics

University of South Carolina Health Outcomes Sciences

MS and PhD degree in Pharmaceutical and Health Outcomes Sciences (jointly administered program with Medical University of South Carolina) Pharmacoeconomics, health economics, health policy, outcomes research, quality of life, pharmacoepidemiologyThe mission of the Health Outcomes is to provide instruction to students in the professional program in pharmacy concerning the development, provision, use, management and outcomes associated with pharmaceuticals in society.

University of Southern California Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy

MS and PhD in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economic assessment, pharmaceutical economics and health policy, epidemiology, biostatistics; Departmental mission is to generate knowledge regarding the value of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services, and the impacts of financing policies for pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services. Has graduate programs in health economics.

University of Tennessee Health Science Administration

M.S. and Ph.D. programs in with concentrations in Pharmacoeconomics, Health Policy, or Health Systems Pharmacy Management.

University of Texas Austin Center for Pharmacoeconomics

MS, PhD, in Pharmacy Administration Specialty areas include: pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research, pharmacoepidemiology, health care and pharmaceutical policy, drug use and social behavioral sciences, pharmaceutical marketing and advertising, drug regulation, drug development issues, drug importation, drug diversion and counterfeit medications, community, hospital and long-term care pharmacy practice issues.

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP)

MS Pharmacy Administration & Pharmacoeconomics; PhD Health Policy; MS and PhD emphasis areas include health economics, outcomes research, quality of life assessment, health services research.Formerly Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Sciences (PCPS).

University of Toronto Quality of Life Research Unit

Develops conceptual models and instruments.

University of Utah Pharmacotherapy Dept.

Offers Fellowships and MS training, designed to train students for careers in the pharmaceutical industry, academia, governmental agencies, and the health care industry. The Department of Pharmacotherapy offers two distinct tracks for the Master of Science in Pharmacotherapy degree consisting of Outcomes Research and Pharmacy Practice Management.

University of Wales Centre for the Economics of Health/Canolfan Economeg Iechyd

Conducts research and provide policy support to the National Assembly for Wales from a standpoint which recognises the wider economics of population health.

University of Washington Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research & Policy Program

PhD Pharmacoeconomics; Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research & Policy including biostatistics, epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, health policy, and cost and outcomes assessment, and pharmacoeconomics.Mission is to coordinate research and graduate training efforts among faculty with an interest in health outcomes and policy research on pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals and other health care technology.

University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine

MS, MPH, MHA Health Services Administration; Components in economics, biostatistics and epidemiology

University of York Centre for Health Economics

Providing research of worldwide repute, its principal areas of activity include Economic evaluation of health technologies; Outcome measurement; Resource allocation;Health policy. There is also Health Economics Discussion Board.

Victoria University, Melbourne Australia, PhD Studies in the Pharmaceutical Industry

This is a pdf file describing program. The current research program is focusing on four aspects of the industry. • Economic and technological change in the pharmaceutical industry; • Pricing, regulation and innovation in drug markets; • Measuring the impact of new medicines and health outcomes; • Health systems and medicines policy in Japan, China and India. Information available at: http://www.cfses.com/documents/2008_CSES_Pharma_PhD_Studies.pdf

Washington State University Dept. of Health Policy and Administration

Fellowship, M.S., Ph.D. Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmacoepidemiology

West Virginia University Health Outcomes Research

Ph.D. in Health Outcomes Research. Good history of placing individuals in industry and consulting after grad school.

Wharton Executive MBA for Pharmaceutical Executives

1-week intensive, taught by CEOs, top researchers and drug developers, senior marketing executives, policy and pricing experts, industry deal-makers, and Wharton faculty, the course will give you broad perspectives and practical tools.

What's Working in P4P: Box Set of CDs

Looking for an easy way to acquaint your team with “pay-for-performance” (P4P)? Introducing the P4P Audio Conference CD Box Set. These highly rated, executive-level telebriefings on CD are ideal for low cost, affordable team training. The programs feature four early adopter insiders providing details, metrics, payment structure, characteristics of successful programs, design principles and what's working are key points covered in three hours of high-level management discussion on details on pay for performance. Each program is 90 minutes long and includes a 30-minute question and answer session. The CDs also contain visual aids. $299

Wikipedia on Health Economics

Good definition, examples, links

Worksheet for Analyzing Economic Articles

Great educational tool

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