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step therapy

step therapy noun: a managed care approach to prescription, starting with the most cost-effective drug therapy and progressing to other more costly or risky therapies only if necessary.

Noun

step therapy (uncountable)

  1. (US) A managed care approach to prescription, starting with the most cost-effective drug therapy and progressing to other more costly or risky therapies only if necessary.

Questions about step therapy

What does step therapy mean?
Step therapy means a managed care approach to prescription, starting with the most cost-effective drug therapy and progressing to other more costly or risky therapies only if necessary.
What part of speech is step therapy?
Step therapy is a noun.

Words near step therapy in the dictionary

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