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Drugs, Essential

Medical 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)
Guide 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 Medical Definitions and Terms

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