Drugs, Essential
| Definition: |
Drugs considered essential to meet the health needs of a population as well as to control drug costs. (World Health Organization Action Programme on Essential Drugs, 1994, p3) |
| Notes: |
"essential to meet the health needs of a population"; IM GEN; for specific drug as essential, coord IM with drug (IM) |
| Previously Indexed: |
Drugs (1978-1995) |
Drugs, Essential Definitions and Terms
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