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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Economics > Economics, Pharmaceutical
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Economics > Economics, Pharmaceutical

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Economics, Pharmaceutical  

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Entry terms

  • Pharmaceutical Economics
  • Pharmacoeconomics

Note

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

Scope note

  • 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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017850

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