Term: Prescribed Daily Dose (PDD)

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2005-11-24

Definition:

One of four measures of intensity of use, this gives the average daily amount of a drug that is actually prescribed.

Related concepts 

• Dose Intensity

Related terms 

• Access to Pharmaceutical Care
• Complications
• Days of Medication Therapy
• Defined Daily Dose (DDD)
• Dose Intensity
• Intensity of (Pharmaceutical) Use
• Number of Drugs (Different) Dispensed
• Number of Prescriptions Dispensed

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)

Term used in 

• Bernstein CN, Blanchard JF, Metge C, Yogendran M. Does the use of 5-aminosalicylates in inflammatory bowel disease prevent the development of colorectal cancer? Am J Gastroenterol 2003;98(12):2784-2788. [Abstract] (View)