Zadacha optimizatsii sistemy lekarstvennogo obespecheniya na osnove printsipov farmakoekonomiki predstavlyaet soboy perspektivnoe i naibolee aktual'noe napravlenie razvitiya rossiyskogo ratsional'nogo zdravookhraneniya. Odnim iz prioritetnykh napravleniy lekarstvennogo obespecheniya na regional'nom urovne vystupaet razrabotka i planirovanie programm farmakoekonomicheskikh issledovaniy zabolevaniy, privodyashchikh k tyazhelym posledstviyam. K takogo roda zabolevaniyam otnositsya pervichnaya glaukoma, vystupayushchaya odnim iz faktorov, vedushchikh k potere zreniya. V knige predstavlen analiz epidemiologicheskoy situatsii po glaukome na regional'nom urovne i privedeny rezul'taty issledovaniy po otsenke kachestva lekarstvennogo obespecheniya bol'nykh glaukomoy na osnove printsipov farmakoekonomiki. Dostupnost' izlozheniya materiala, nauchnaya obosnovannost', aktual'nost' temy issledovaniya delaet knigu interesnoy kak dlya nauchnykh i prakticheskikh rabotnikov i lits, prinimayushchikh resheniya, v farmatsevticheskoy i meditsinskoy otrasli, tak i dlya studentov, internov, aspirantov, prepodavateley farmatsevticheskikh i meditsinskikh vuzov (fakul'tetov).