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Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Pharmaceutical Services > Drug Information Services > Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
Investigative Techniques > Evaluation Studies as Topic > Product Surveillance, Postmarketing > Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
... > Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Quality of Health Care > Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms > Evaluation Studies as Topic > Product Surveillance, Postmarketing > Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Quality of Health Care > Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms > Evaluation Studies as Topic > Product Surveillance, Postmarketing > Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs

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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Monitoring, Prescription
  • Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
  • Prescription Monitoring
  • Prescription Monitorings

Scope note

  • Programs, usually run by state governments, that require pharmacists to collect and distribute data on the prescription and dispensation of CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. They are intended to prevent the abuse of such substances by the patient, or their transfer to recreational users and drug dealers.

History note

  • 2018

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000073958

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