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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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Cost–effectiveness study
Health care; Pharmacy
A study where the cost of a drug or service is compared to its therapeutic impact. Cost-effectiveness studies determine the relative efficiency of various drugs or services in achieving desired ...
Compliance
Health care; Pharmacy
* The ability and willingness of a patient to adhere to a pharmacotherapeutic regimen agreed upon between patient and practitioner. * The terms adherence and concordance are also used. * A measure ...
Cost–utility study
Health care; Pharmacy
A study that relates therapeutic outcomes to both costs of drugs or services and patient preferences and measures cost per unit of utility. Utility is the amount of satisfaction obtained from a drug ...
Dunnett's procedure
Health care; Pharmacy
A multiple-comparison method for comparing multiple treatment groups with a single control group following a significant F test in analysis of variance.
Cost–minimization study
Health care; Pharmacy
A study that compares costs of drugs or services that have been determined to have equivalent therapeutic outcomes.
Case–series study
Health care; Pharmacy
A simple descriptive account of interesting or intriguing characteristics observed in a group of subjects.
Chvostek's sign
Health care; Pharmacy
A facial twitch produced by tapping on the cheek over the branches of the facial nerve.
