Abstract:The estimation of real-world pharmaceutical costs in a given setting is one of the crucial steps in pharma-coeconomic comparisons among drugs used in that setting. For the purpose of this estimation, information regarding available pharmaceutical forms, alongside price and market share, for every considered drug is needed. Furthermore, it's necessary to know, at least approximately, drug quantities averagely consumed in each episode, in the case of acute therapies, or on a daily basis in chronic therapies. Thi… Show more
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