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Descriptor English: Drug Utilization
Descriptor Spanish: Utilización de Medicamentos
Descriptor utilización de medicamentos
Entry term(s) uso de los medicamentos
uso racional de los medicamentos
uso racional de medicamentos
utilización de fármacos
Scope note: Utilización de los fármacos como se indica en estudios individuales en hospitales, estudios de la FDA, de comercialización y consumo etc. Incluye el almacenamiento y los perfiles de los pacientes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Uso de Medicamentos
Descriptor French: Utilisation médicament
Entry term(s): Drug Utilizations
Utilization, Drug
Utilizations, Drug
Tree number(s): N04.452.706.477
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004363
Scope note: The utilization of drugs as reported in individual hospital studies, FDA studies, marketing, or consumption, etc. This includes drug stockpiling, and patient drug profiles.
Annotation: not for "use" in therapy from patient's viewpoint ( = drug /ther use): for use by MDs, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, localities, etc
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: specific drug (1966-1972)
specific drug class (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73(68)
Entry Version: DRUG UTIL
DeCS ID: 4422
Unique ID: D004363
NLM Classification: WB 330
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Drug Utilization - Preferred
Concept UI M0006856
Scope note The utilization of drugs as reported in individual hospital studies, FDA studies, marketing, or consumption, etc. This includes drug stockpiling, and patient drug profiles.
Preferred term Drug Utilization
Entry term(s) Drug Utilizations
Utilization, Drug
Utilizations, Drug



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