title: The importance of perspective in pharmacoeconomic analyses.
abstract: Readers of pharmacoeconomic analyses should pay attention to the perspective used in conducting the analyses because very different costs may be included based on the investigators' perspectives. The most common perspectives are those of providers, payers, patients, and society. The societal perspective is broadest and is usually preferred.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, and Pain Research Center, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, USA. goderda@pharm.utah.edu
authors.forename: Gary M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Oderda
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D017850:Economics, Pharmaceutical; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics