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Pharmacy
1) The science and practice of the preparation and dispensing of medicinal drugs. 2) A store where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold.
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Concordant results
Health care; Pharmacy
The same outcome status for two or more individuals, as in a pair-matched case–control study in which both the case and the control are exposed (or unexposed).
Continuation therapy
Health care; Pharmacy
The second phase in drug therapy during which the goal is to eliminate any remaining symptoms and prevent a relapse.
Addition rule
Health care; Pharmacy
The rule which states the probability that two or more mutually exclusive events all occur is the sum of the probabilities of each individual event.
Conceptual model
Health care; Pharmacy
The rationale for and description of the concepts that a measurement instrument is intended to assess and the interrelationships of those concepts.
Critical region
Health care; Pharmacy
The region (or set of values) in which a test statistic must occur for the null hypothesis to be rejected.
Cumulative incidence
Health care; Pharmacy
The risk of developing a particular disease within a specified period of time.
Cost–benefit analysis
Health care; Pharmacy
A quantified method to evaluate the trade-offs between the costs (or disadvantages) and the benefits (or advantages) of a procedure or management strategy. The results are expressed as a ratio ...
