Analyzing Contrasting Approaches to Drug Services

The presentation is based upon two assumptions. First, three areas of study, epidemiology, medical care, and drug services possess a mutuality of interest with the potential for complementary productive research efforts. Second, differential approaches to organizing and providing drug services can influence effectiveness of medical care and patient outcomes. The intersection of the former, defined as an area of inquiry, provides a framework for the resulting analysis. Criteria for the analysis of drug services within the interceded space are provided by adapting Beverlee Myers' model of “good” medical care. These criteria, when defined in terms of patient, provider, and system standards and subsequently related to drug services, provide a format for the application of process and outcome measures. A select review of the literature illustrates the current state of drug services adequacy utilizing process and outcome measurements. The results indicate limited research directed to evaluating drug services using such measurements. Research results and indicator data reveal that contemporary drug services are less than adequate when appraised with medical care criteria. The results further show that analysis of contrasting approaches to drug services are limited to a few examples of comparative types of indicator data. Finally, the limited information available and the research needs suggest the conceptual area initially defined offers a unique opportunity for diverse research interests involving the three areas of study

Data science · Drug · Intersection (aeronautics) · Knowledge management · Management science · Outcome (game theory) · Presentation (obstetrics) · Process (computing) · Risk analysis (engineering) · Computer Science · Engineering · Health Policy Implementation Science · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine · Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes · Pharmacology

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