Prescribed daily dose

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Prescribed daily dose (PDD) is the usual dose of medication calculated by looking at a group of prescriptions for the medication in question.[1] At times the PDD needs to be related to the condition being treated.[1]

See also

  • Defined daily dose – Statistical measure of drug consumption – Statistical measure of drug consumption

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Introduction to Drug Utilization Research: Chapter 6: Drug utilization metrics and their applications: 6.2 Prescribed daily dose and consumed daily dose". apps.who.int. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2019.