title: Therapeutic drug monitoring: is it cost-effective?
abstract: During the last 30 years, therapeutic drug monitoring has evolved from an abstract consideration to a routine intervention. In this increasingly cost-conscious environment, questions are raised about the cost-effectiveness of therapeutic drug monitoring. This review presents the state of therapeutic drug monitoring today, predictions for its near future and the status of economic analyses of the intervention.
authors.affiliation: National Education and Research Center for Outcomes Assessment, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. g.schumacher@neu.edu
authors.forename: Gerald E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Schumacherand
authors.forename: Judith T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Barr