Max Rady College of Medicine
Term: Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Glossary Definition
Last Updated: 2005-11-24
Definition:
One of four measures of intensity of use, this is the rate of the number of prescriptions dispensed per resident and per pharmaceutical user.
Related concepts
Related terms
- Access to Pharmaceutical Care
- Defined Daily Dose (DDD)
- Formulary
- Intensity of (Pharmaceutical) Use
- Measures of Pharmaceutical Use
- Number of Drugs (Different) Dispensed
- Prescribed Daily Dose (PDD)
References
- Metge C, Black C, Peterson S, Kozyrskyj A, Roos NP, Bogdanovic B. Analysis of Patterns of Pharmaceutical Use in Manitoba, 1996: Key Findings - A POPULIS Project. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1999. [Report] [Summary] (View)
- Metge C, Black C, Peterson S, Kozyrskyj AL. The population's use of pharmaceuticals. Med Care 1999;37(6 Suppl):JS42-JS59. [Abstract] (View)
- Metge CJ, Blanchard JF, Peterson S, Bernstein CN. Use of pharmaceuticals by inflammatory bowel disease patients: a population-based study. Am J Gastroenterol 2001;96(12):3348-3355. [Abstract] (View)
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