title: Considerations in the pharmacoeconomics of glaucoma.
abstract: Pharmacoeconomic research identifies, measures, and compares the costs and consequences of pharmaceutical product and service utilization. Providing optimal glaucoma care requires planning, based not only on the historically relevant factors of drug safety and efficacy, but also on data relating to the value of medical treatments.
authors.affiliation: Prescription Solutions, Costa Mesa, Calif, USA.
authors.forename: Jan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017850:Economics, Pharmaceutical; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States