THE EVALUATION OF MEDICATION-RELATED SIDE -EFFECTS BY MEDICO-ECONOMICMODELING TECHNIQUES

Decision-making methods can be extremely useful in managing the large amount of information available on the complex effects of medication o ver various time spans. Event trees help to formulate data and visuali se the medical strategies with the highest performance in regard to cl inical benefits, adverse side effects, cost and cost-benefit ratios. H owever when the quantity of phenomena becomes too diversified (i.e. mu ltiplicity of events, long observation periods, changing variables, et c.) we can use one of the more sophisticated modelling techniques avai lable with today's more powerful computers.