1. Find two pharmacy research articles that discuss in their introduction section the cost of illness for a specific disease or condition. Did the authors include both direct (medical costs) and indirect (productivity) costs of the disease? If so, which were higher, the direct or indirect costs? (YOU MUST PROVIDE THE LINK TO EACH OF THE ARTILES AND YOU MUST NOT CHOOSE THE SAME ARTICLE WITH YOUR FRIEND, OTHERWISE YOU HAVE FAILED THE ENTIRE ASSIGNMENT).

2. For each of the underlisted situation, what type of cost is being measured?

a. A patient must pay for a taxi ride to the clinic.

b. A patient receives an influenza vaccination at the pharmacy.

c. A patient is fatigued because of chemotherapy treatments.

d. An adult daughter misses work to take care of her mother who recently had hip replacement surgery.

3. Differenciate between variable and fixed cost.