Qayyim Said, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Phone: (501) 686-7702
Fax: (501) 686-5156
Office: Education III Bldg (COPH) 6259
Email: QSaid@uams.edu

Education & Training:
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Ph.D. 2002)
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Post-doc fellowship, 2004)

 
Teaching Responsibilities
PhPr 3412 US Healthcare System for Pharmacists: History of Pharmacy, Basic Economic Concepts Affecting Health Care, Healthcare Markets, Measurement of Health/Quality of Life, Ambulatory Care, Inpatient Services and Long Term Care Infrastructure, Pharmacy Profession in the Health Care System, Health Care Expenditures and Cost Containment Policies, Medicaid, Medicare Part D, Private Health Insurance, Pharmacy Benefit Management, Public Health Achievements: Healthy People 2010, Health Promotion & Prevention, Pharmaceutical Care & Medication Therapy  Management, Health Care System Reform

PhSc 5363 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy: Production of Health and the Role of Pharmaceuticals, Utility, Choice and the Derivation of Demand Curve, Elasticity of Demand, Demand for Pharmaceuticals, Review of the Theory of the Firm, Costs of Production, Profit Maximization, Cost Structure of Pharmaceutical Industry, Market Structures in Pharmaceutical Industry, Perfect Competition, Monopolistic Competition, Monopoly, Oligopoly, Strategic Pricing, Game Theoretic Models, Economics of Research and Development, Patents and Public Policy, Safety and Efficacy Issues, Regulation of Pharmaceutical Industry and FDA, Promotion of Pharmaceutical Products, Direct-to-Consumer Advertising, Economic Analysis of Competition between Generic and Branded Drugs, International Market for Pharmaceuticals, Pricing, Reimbursement, and Distribution of Pharmaceuticals, Payment mechanisms and Benefit Design, Mergers and Acquisitions, Antitrust Implications.

Research & Scholarly Interests
Pharmaceutical/health policy evaluation; Evaluation of cost and health outcomes of pharmaceutical interventions; Regulation affecting delivery and financing of medical services and the health care markets; Methodological issues in economic assessments of health care programs.

Honors & Awards
1997-98           Chair, Graduate Student Advisory Committee, Department of Economics, University of Utah,
1997                Distinction in Microeconomics, Ph.D. qualifying examinations, Department of Economics, University of Utah
1999                Distinction in Industrial Organization, Ph.D. field examinations, Department of Economics, University of Utah
2001-02           University Graduate Research Fellow, University of Utah
2004-2006       Scholar, Primary Care Research Center, University of Utah Health Sciences Center
2008-               Member Rho Chi Honor Society
2008-09           Tailored Biobehavioral Intervention Research Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Pilot Grant Award

Memberships

International Society for PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes Research

Curriculum Vitae

Publications