economics, pharmaceutical

Preferred Label : economics, pharmaceutical;

MeSH definition : 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));

MeSH synonym : pharmacoeconomics; pharmaceutical economics;

DeCS synonym : Pharmacy Economic; Pharmacy Economics;

MeSH Hyperonym : Economic, Pharmacy; Economics, Pharmacy; Pharmacy Economic;

MeSH annotation : GEN or unspecified only: pref /econ with specific drugs or specific pharmaceutical subject; Manual 19.8.27; DF: ECON PHARM; general or unspecified; prefer /econ with specific drugs or specific pharmaceutical subject;

Details

Origin ID

D017850;

UMLS CUI

C0206335;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Pharmacoeconomic Study [NCIt concept]
- Pharmacoeconomics [Terme SASMAG]
- Pharmacoeconomics [NCIt concept]
MeSH Descriptor(s) used for indexing
- pharmacy [MeSH Descriptor]
Metaterm(s)
- pharmacy [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- Pharmacy Economics [MeSH concept]
- economics, pharmaceutical [MeSH concept]
See also
- drug costs [MeSH Descriptor]
- fees, pharmaceutical [MeSH Descriptor]
- prescription fees [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Pharmacoeconomics [NCIt concept]

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