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Descriptor
English
:
Drug Utilization Review
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Revisión de la Utilización de Medicamentos
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Revisão de Uso de Medicamentos
Synonyms
English
:
Utilization Review, Drug
Tree Number:
N04.452.706.477.400
N04.761.879.300
N05.700.900.300
VS2.002.004.004.003
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
GEN or unspecified, IM; coord IM with specific drug with no qualif (IM); DF: DRUG UTIL REV
History Note
English
:
94
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MT
methods
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
UT
utilization
Record Number:
31498
Unique Identifier:
D017723
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