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Drug Utilization Review

"Drug Utilization Review" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drug Utilization Review" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Drug Utilization Review" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2003 and 2005 and 2008
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