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Evaluation of pharmacoeconomics awareness among post graduates: a questionnaire based study

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  • Indian Journal of Basic & Applied Medical Research

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  • 2014

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Introduction: Economics is all about limited “resources” and unlimited “wants”. Pharmacoeconomics and health economics is a logical and explicit framework to aid health care workers. The per capita income of all middle class people is limited and the drug prices are growing extensively. Hence to satisfy the health care needs of majority of the people, knowledge of pharmacoeconomics is essential to all health care professionals. Materials and methods: This was a questionnaire based cross sectional evaluation. The first part of the questionnaire contains respondent’s general information (age, sex, department and year of experience as postgraduate). The second part of questionnaire was in multiple choice formats with focus from awareness, knowledge and methods of application. The response was reviewed and analysis was done. Observation and Results: The willingness to participate in the study among postgraduates was extremely poor. Those who have participated almost, 50% of participants were having awareness about the topic. Nearly 30% of the participants were having knowledge regarding pharmacoeconomics and around 35% of participants have learnt the method of application in various aspects. Conclusions: From the results, it can be concluded that there was extremely poor response from the participants to this study. More such studies, CMEs and workshops pertaining to pharmacoeconomics and health economics should be conducted every year to create awareness, improve the knowledge and to use the technique (method of application) in their clinical practice.
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