Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269725 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | The cost of all drugs including the cost of containers. |
Context: | Health expenditure: This is a significant element of non-salary recurrent expenditure and also national level data on drug expenditure in hospitals is of considerable interest in its own right to a wide range of persons and organisations. |