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MeSH Heading: Drug Utilization Review
Tree Number(s): N04.452.706.477.400; N04.761.879.300; N05.700.900.300
Unique ID: D017723
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017723
Annotation: coordinate with specific drug with no qualifers
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Version: DRUG UTIL REV
Entry Term(s): Drug Utilization Evaluation; Drug-Use Review; Evaluation, Drug Utilization; Review, Drug Utilization; Review, Drug-Use; Utilization Review, Drug
Previous Indexing: Drug Utilization (1967-1993); Utilization Review (1972-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 1994/05/05

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

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Concept UI: M0026789
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Drug Utilization Review Preferred Term
Term UI T053006
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Evaluation, Drug Utilization
Term UI T053001
Date09/16/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Drug-Use Review
Term UI T053002
Date08/24/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Drug Utilization Evaluation
Term UI T053000
Date08/24/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Review, Drug Utilization
Term UI T053004
Date09/10/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Utilization Review, Drug
Term UI T053005
Date11/16/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Review, Drug-Use
Term UI T053003
Date09/10/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

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