title: [Application of pharmacoeconomics in clinical management].
abstract: The present article discusses the importance of clinical management in the transformation of organizations and its role in the daily activities of health professionals and, in particular, of hospital pharmacists. Because of social changes, healthcare models must make the shift from more rigid management models toward new organizational models based on clinical management. From this perspective, pharmacoeconomics is viewed as a useful tool to introduce the criteria of efficiency in all decisions subject to clinical management, including those on pharmacotherapeutics. Subsequently, the application of this discipline is discussed in real decision-making scenarios and settings for its use within the context of the work of hospital pharmacy are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Farmacia, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España. amat_mardia@gva.es
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amat Díaz
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Poveda Andrés
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Carrera-Hueso
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000458:organization & administration; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019468:Disease Management; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D017850:Economics, Pharmaceutical / Q000941:ethics / Q000639:trends; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011364:Professional Practice; D012922:Social Change; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D035501:Uncertainty; D006113:United Kingdom