Aplicación de la farmacoeconomía en la gestión clínica

The present article discusses the importance of clinical management in the transformation of organizations and its role in the daily activities of health professionals and, in particular, of hospital pharmacists. Because of social changes, healthcare models must make the shift from more rigid management models toward new organizational models based on clinical management. From this perspective, pharmacoeconomics is viewed as a useful tool to introduce the criteria of efficiency in all decisions subject to clinical management, including those on pharmacotherapeutics. Subsequently, the application of this discipline is discussed in real decision-making scenarios and settings for its use within the context of the work of hospital pharmacy are proposed.