Health Care

Prescription Fees

The charge levied on the consumer for drugs or therapy prescribed under written order of a physician or other health professional.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The charge levied on the consumer for drugs or therapy prescribed under written order of a physician or other health professional.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Dispensing Fees
  • Fees, Prescription
  • Dispensing Fee
  • Fee, Dispensing
  • Fee, Prescription
  • Fees, Dispensing
  • Prescription Fee

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7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

for drug & non-drug prescriptions; costs to the patient or 3d-party payer: do not confuse with DRUG COSTS, which are costs to a health care facility or organization

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History Note

91(75); was see under FEES, PHARMACEUTICAL 1975-90

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  1. N03w.219w.442.551.621

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NLM Classification

QV 736

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Prescription Fees. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011306. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011306
  2. Prescription Fees. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70470231