Volume : 08, Issue : 12, December – 2021

Title:

19.AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TOWARDS HEALTH ECONOMICS AND PHARMACOECONOMICS EDUCATION

Authors :

Meshal Ali Alqahtani, Mohammed Mosa Tafyan, Ahmed Ibrahim Aqeeli, Osamh Abdu Mohammed Ibrahim, Adel Mohmmed Guffah, Ibrahim Ali Alhaqwe, Mohammed Ali Hagawi, Dahaba Ibrahim Hakami, Ahmad Ali Ali Daghriri, Yahia Hassan Ageeli

Abstract :

Pharmacoeconomics research identifies, compares, and measures the costs and outcomes of several pharmaceutical products. Pharmacoeconomics refers to a sub-discipline of health economics for over 25 years. Pharmacoeconomic is applied to guide the use of limited resources to yield maximum value to patients, society, and healthcare payers. The implementation of the pharmacoeconomic course in pharmacy colleges has been done in several countries as learning pharmacoeconomics improves the skill, knowledge, and competence to value pharmaceutical interventions. Thus, this study was conducted to assess the awareness and attitude of health professions about health economics and pharmacoeconomics education.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study design conducted from January to June 2021. The demographics, awareness level, knowledge, and attitude towards health economics and pharmacoeconomics education were investigated.
Results: Almost 300 participants were included in the current study; 35%, 52%, and 13% were nurses, pharmacists, and physicians, respectively. Only 41% and 34% had heard about health economics and pharmacoeconomics before, respectively. The overall awareness level was high among 51.3% participants. The factors that significantly influenced the awareness level included age (P=0.0001), sex (p=0.0001), health profession (P=0.0001), hearing about health economics (P=0.0001), and pharmacoeconomics (P=0.0001), courses taken in this field (P=0.0001), and training through extracurricular activities (P=0.0001).
Conclusion: The health professionals in this study showed low awareness regarding health economics and pharmacoeconomics; almost one-half only had high awareness, whereas the remaining percentage reported a low level of awareness.
Keywords: Awareness, Knowledge, Health economics, Pharmacoeconomics

Cite This Article:

Please cite this article in press Mohammed Mosa Tafyan et al, Awareness, Knowledge, And Attitude Of Health Professionals Towards Health Economics And Pharmacoeconomics Education., Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2021; 08(12).

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