Drug Utilization Review
Synonyms
Drug Use Review
Drug Utilization Evaluation
Drug Utilization Evaluations
Drug Utilization Reviews
Drug-Use Review
Drug-Use Reviews
Evaluation, Drug Utilization
Evaluations, Drug Utilization
Review, Drug Use
Review, Drug Utilization
Review, Drug-Use
Reviews, Drug Utilization
Reviews, Drug-Use
Utilization Evaluation, Drug
Utilization Evaluations, Drug
Utilization Review, Drug
Utilization Reviews, Drug
Formal programs for assessing drug prescription against some standard. Drug utilization review may consider clinical appropriateness, cost effectiveness, and, in some cases, outcomes. Review is usually retrospective, but some analysis may be done before drugs are dispensed (as in computer systems which advise physicians when prescriptions are entered). Drug utilization review is mandated for Medicaid programs beginning in 1993.