The pharmacological treatment with biological drugs for oncological diseases means a high investment for Peru, for this reason, it is of the utmost importance to rationally use the resources by conducting the various pharmaco-economic studies that exist. The objective was to determine and compare the cost-effectiveness ratio of leuprolide acetate 7.5 mg and goserelin 3.6 mg in Naval Medical Center “Surgeon Major Santiago Távara”, Lima, Peru. It is a pharmacoepidemiological study of a pharmaco-economic nature. Analytical, retrospective design. The medical records of 46 patients diagnosed with prostate cancer during the period from January 2008 to December 2011, who were prescribed one of the study drugs were reviewed and analyzed. The effectiveness, average cost of cancer therapy per patient and cost-effectiveness were determined. The information was processed using the statistical p...

The pharmacological treatment with biological drugs for oncological diseases means a high investment for Peru, for this reason, it is of the utmost importance to rationally use the resources by conducting the various pharmaco-economic studies that exist. The objective was to determine and compare the cost-effectiveness ratio of leuprolide acetate 7.5 mg and goserelin 3.6 mg in Naval Medical Center “Surgeon Major Santiago Távara”, Lima, Peru. It is a pharmacoepidemiological study of a pharmaco-economic nature. Analytical, retrospective design. The medical records of 46 patients diagnosed with prostate cancer during the period from January 2008 to December 2011, who were prescribed one of the study drugs were reviewed and analyzed. The effectiveness, average cost of cancer therapy per patient and cost-effectiveness were determined. The information was processed using the statistical p...

Objective: To determine the working characteristics of young physicians graduated from San Fernando School of Medicine. Design: Observational, transversal study. Setting: San Fernando School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Participants: Physicians graduated from the School of Medicine. Interventions: Information about sociodemographics, work performance, professional degree, satisfaction level and extracurricular performance during pregrade was collected directly, by phone interview or by e-mail questionnaire from 232 randomly selected physicians graduated between 1994 and 2003. We also obtained pregrade final scores. Main outcome measures: Working rate, labor type, work performance, especialization. Results: From all subjects 72,4% were men, 73,2% lived in Lima, 19,3% lived outside of Lima and 7,5% abroad; 97% had remunerated work, 51,4% had two or more jobs; 71% ...