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Pharmaceutical Economics

Economic aspects of the fields of pharmacy and pharmacology as they apply to the development and study of medical economics in rational drug therapy and the impact of pharmaceuticals on the cost of medical care. Pharmaceutical economics also includes the economic considerations of the pharmaceutical care delivery system and in drug prescribing, particularly of cost-benefit values. (From J Res Pharm Econ 1989;1(1); PharmacoEcon 1992;1(1))

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Economic aspects of the fields of pharmacy and pharmacology as they apply to the development and study of medical economics in rational drug therapy and the impact of pharmaceuticals on the cost of medical care. Pharmaceutical economics also includes the economic considerations of the pharmaceutical care delivery system and in drug prescribing, particularly of cost-benefit values. (From J Res Pharm Econ 1989;1(1); PharmacoEcon 1992;1(1))

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6 entry terms
  • Economics, Pharmaceutical
  • Pharmacoeconomics
  • Pharmacy Economics
  • Economic, Pharmacy
  • Economics, Pharmacy
  • Pharmacy Economic

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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general or unspecified; prefer /econ with specific drugs or specific pharmaceutical subject

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94

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  • Economics (1966-1979)
  • Pharmacy (1966-1979)
  • Pharmacy/economics (1980-1993)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pharmaceutical Economics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017850. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017850
  2. Pharmaceutical Economics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacoeconomics
  3. Pharmaceutical Economics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1567856