Abstract

The main objective of the Code is to help the science of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research avoid or otherwise deal with credibility challenges based on methods or bias concerns, through behaviors and practices intended to insure that this research is designed, conducted, and reported in the most proper and ethical way possible. By accomplishing this, the various affected constituencies will be able to trust and benefit from research findings as much as possible. The Code also includes some general ethical considerations for the Society.