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International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
ABOUT ISPOR
Mission: ISPOR promotes the science of pharmacoeconomics (health economics) and outcomes research (the scientific discipline that evaluates the effect of health care interventions on patient well-being including clinical outcomes, economic outcomes, and patient-reported outcomes) and facilitates the translation of this research into useful information for healthcare decision-makers to ensure that society allocates scarce health care resources wisely, fairly and efficiently.
Vision:
ISPOR is an international, educational and scientific organization that fosters excellence in the core disciplines of pharmacoeconomics (health economics) and outcomes research and the use of this research information in health care decisions at all levels.
Scope:
ISPOR embraces health care researchers from all disciplines conducting health care outcomes research. These disciplines include pharmacoeconomics (health economics), epidemiology (pharmacoepidemiology), decision analysis, modeling, risk assessment, patient-reported outcomes (quality of life), use of ‘real world’ data such as health care database analyses, observational studies, patient registries. Health care includes use of pharmaceuticals, biologics, genetically-derived products, medical devices, delivery systems, and health services.
ISPOR embraces all health technology assessors, government health technology regulators & payers of health care including governments, insurers, and other health care payers who use health care outcomes research information in their decisions.
ISPOR embraces health care providers who use health care outcomes research information in the practice of evidence-based medicine.
ISPOR embraces patients who use health care outcomes research information in their health care decisions and who request their health care providers and payers use health care outcomes research information.
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Objectives: The society serves the public interest by the following means:
- provides a forum to facilitate the interchange of scientific knowledge in pharmacoeconomics and patient health outcomes,
- facilitates and encourages communications among the research community, health care professionals, and other research, regulatory, and educational groups, the communications media and the general public by educating public and private agencies on the usefulness of research in pharmacoeconomic and patient outcomes assessment,
- acts as a resource in forming public policy relevant to the pharmacoeconomics, health care outcomes assessment, and related issues of public concern,
- promotes the science of pharmacoeconomics by providing services as may be appropriate to advance pharmacoeconomic and outcomes research and educational activities,
- represents the science of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes assessment before public and governmental bodies by: a) seeking important issues concerning health care interventions as they relate to pharmacoeconomics and health care outcomes; b) making available the results of pharmacoeconomics analysis and health care outcomes studies concerning these issues; c) developing scientifically-based input (evidence) for public policy decisions dealing with these issues; d) providing this evidence and data to governmental bodies and other public entities
- provides recognition of individual achievement in the field of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research,
- fosters career growth and the development of individuals involved in pharmacoeconomic and outcomes research and application of this research.
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