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How Do US Health Care Payers React to and Use Pharmacoeconomic Information?

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  • C. Daniel Mullins
  • Jonathan Ratner
  • Daniel Ball

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In 1997, Grabowski and Mullins described why pharmacy benefit management use of pharmacoeconomics was limited. The current manuscript examines recent changes in health care payers' use of pharmacoeconomic information, payers' perceptions of that information's value for informing formulary decision making, and payers' attitudes toward the generation and dissemination of pharmacoeconomic evidence. Despite a perceived improvement in the scientific rigor and "real-world applicability" of pharmacoeconomic information, payers remain skeptical of pharmacoeconomic evidence generated or funded by pharmaceutical manufacturers. This skepticism is reinforced when transparency is limited and when the picture provided of the comparative effectiveness of alternative products is incomplete. Payers suggest that greater two-way communications between payers and drug manufacturers could improve the usefulness of pharmacoeconomic information.

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  • C. Daniel Mullins & Jonathan Ratner & Daniel Ball, 2011. "How Do US Health Care Payers React to and Use Pharmacoeconomic Information?," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(2), pages 317-330.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ijecbs:v:18:y:2011:i:2:p:317-330
    DOI: 10.1080/13571516.2011.584433
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    1. Eberechukwu Onukwugha, 2013. "Improving Confidence in Observational Studies," PharmacoEconomics, Springer, vol. 31(3), pages 177-179, March.

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