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Standards for the Socioeconomic Evaluation of Health Care Services (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
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Standards for the Socioeconomic Evaluation of Health Care Services (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
Series: Health Systems Research
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Over the past decades, health care delivery - once characterized by
clearly defined relationships between medical professionals,
regulators, and industr- has become much more complex. Traditional
roles and relationships are changing and new decision-makers are
entering the scene. They bring into the discussion the need for
cost containment and the changing perceptions of the public with
regard to the risks and benefits of health care outcomes. As
benefits of medical care are increasingly questioned and as
scepticism and fear of advanced technologies are demonstrated by a
growing body of people, decision making must move beyond medical
concerns to encompass economic, political, and sociological
considera tions. This evolution has also affected the
pharmaceutical industry. Public percep tion of responsibility for
product safety is no longer limited to regulators and physi cians.
Manufacturers, previously unencumbered by social policies,
governmental preoccupations, or public expectations, are now held
accountable for product safety. As a certain amount of risk
acceptance is, however, a prerequisite for the further development
of health care goods, it has to be carefully balanced against
society'S demand for safety. To weigh risks against benefits, to
define acceptable risk, and to exclude what no longer falls within
this category remain perpetual challenges. Accordingly, health care
outcomes have to be assessed not only from a clinical point of
view, but also from an economic and societal perspective. The
assessment of drug risks and benefits has become an important
political issue world-wide.
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