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Background: In French hospitals, the supply and management of drugs are missions of pharmacists. The aim of this study is to assess the use of efficacy and economics opinions of the Haute Autorite de santé (HAS) in hospital referencing of drugs in France in 2017., Methods: A questionnaire for hospital pharmacists was developed to establish their knowledge and their uses of Transparency Commission and Economic and Public Health Evaluation Committee opinions. This survey was distributed by the ADIPH association in July 2017. This questionnaire included 35 questions., Results: Despite the health professional are more and more interesting by economics analysis, only 30 % of hospitals pharmacists of this panel declared to use HAS economic opinions (versus 80% for Transparency Commission opinions). Among these pharmacists, 86% used this report in the hospital referencing of drugs., Conclusion: Through this analysis, some prospects for improvement can be seen in the health professional formation, cost-effectiveness report publication and the use of cost-effectiveness analysis. This study is an overview of the use of opinions provided by the HAS. This thesis established a basis to reflection on the use of economics reports and models in the hospital decisions., (Copyright © 2018 Académie Nationale de Pharmacie. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)