Abstract

Abstract Numerous studies have been undertaken to evaluate pharmaceutical services. These include both the evaluation of existing practice and assessments of innovative services in both hospital and community settings. Evaluation requires employment of methods and measures to ensure that relevant data on the effects of a programme are obtained. To evaluate a service from different perspectives (eg, acceptability to health professionals or patients, uptake, clinical outcomes or resource implications), a number of methods may be required. The outcomes may also be wide-ranging. Measures must be selected which provide a true reflection of the extent to which these outcomes are, or are not, achieved. Designs and frameworks used in the evaluation of pharmacy services have been discussed previously,1 this paper reviews the methods and measures that have been employed.

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