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Developing Performance Measures for Prescription Drug Management
Health Care Financing Review
|November 6, 2014
Summary
Performance metrics for prescription drug management plans are lacking. This study reviews current activities and available measures, highlighting the need for standardized indicators to ensure accountability and evaluate drug benefit programs effectively.
Area of Science:
- Health Services Research
- Pharmaceutical Policy
Background:
- Prescription drug management plans aim for cost-effective and clinically appropriate drug delivery.
- Growing demand exists for accountability and performance evaluation of these programs.
- Currently, no standardized, valid indicators exist for assessing drug benefit management performance.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review activities of prescription drug management plans.
- To identify existing measures for assessing program performance.
- To highlight the need for standardized performance indicators.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of drug management program activities.
- Identification and analysis of available performance assessment measures.
- Examination of recent efforts in developing performance indicators.
Main Results:
- Drug management programs encompass various activities related to drug benefit delivery.
- A range of measures for assessing performance are available but not standardized.
- Recent initiatives are underway to develop specific performance indicators.
Conclusions:
- A comprehensive set of valid, standardized performance measures for prescription drug management plans is currently unavailable.
- Key questions remain regarding the development and implementation of such measures.
- Further research and consensus-building are required before a robust evaluation framework can be established.
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