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Descriptor English: Drug Costs
Descriptor Spanish: Costos de los Medicamentos
Descriptor coste de medicamentos
Entry term(s) coste de farmacia
Scope note: Cantidad que una institución u organización de asistencia sanitaria paga por los medicamentos. Es uno de los componentes del precio final que se le carga al consumidor (HONORARIOS FARMACÉUTICOS u HONORARIOS POR PRESCRIPCIÓN DE MEDICAMENTOS).
Descriptor Portuguese: Custos de Medicamentos
Descriptor French: Coûts des médicaments
Entry term(s): Cost, Drug
Costs, Drug
Drug Cost
Tree number(s): N03.219.151.400.350
N05.300.375.300
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016527
Scope note: The amount that a health care institution or organization pays for its drugs. It is one component of the final price that is charged to the consumer (FEES, PHARMACEUTICAL or PRESCRIPTION FEES).
Annotation: costs to a health care facility or organiz: do not confuse with FEES, PHARMACEUTICAL or PRESCRIPTION FEES which are costs to the patient
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Cost Control (1979-1991)
Costs and Cost Analysis (1966-1991)
Fees, Pharmaceutical (1968-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 30152
Unique ID: D016527
NLM Classification: QV 736
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/06/21
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Drug Costs - Preferred
Concept UI M0025228
Scope note The amount that a health care institution or organization pays for its drugs. It is one component of the final price that is charged to the consumer (FEES, PHARMACEUTICAL or PRESCRIPTION FEES).
Preferred term Drug Costs
Entry term(s) Cost, Drug
Costs, Drug
Drug Cost



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