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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:   Drug Use Review
Drug Utilization Evaluation
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Review, Drug Use
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Utilization Reviews, 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:   coordinate with specific drug with no qualifers
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
Record Number:   31498 
Unique Identifier:   D017723 

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