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Abstract
Formal programs for assessing drug prescription against some standard. Drug utilization review may consider clinical appropriateness, cost effectiveness, and, in some cases, outcomes. Review is usually retrospective, but some analysis may be done before drugs are dispensed (as in computer systems which advise physicians when prescriptions are entered). Drug utilization review is mandated for Medicaid programs beginning in 1993.
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- Drug Utilization Evaluation
- Drug-Use Review
- Evaluation, Drug Utilization
- Review, Drug Utilization
- Review, Drug-Use
- Utilization Review, Drug
- Drug Use Review
- Drug Utilization Evaluations
- Drug Utilization Reviews
- Drug-Use Reviews
- Evaluations, Drug Utilization
- Review, Drug Use
- Reviews, Drug Utilization
- Reviews, Drug-Use
- Utilization Evaluation, Drug
- Utilization Evaluations, Drug
- Utilization Reviews, Drug
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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coordinate with specific drug with no qualifers
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- Drug Utilization (1967-1993)
- Utilization Review (1972-1993)
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- National Library of Medicine. Drug Utilization Review. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017723. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017723
- Drug Utilization Review. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_utilization_review
- Drug Utilization Review. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65066344