underprescribe

Questions

What does underprescribe mean?

To prescribe (a drug) less frequently than appropriate (as operationally defined, for example, by absence of prescription despite an approved indication and without any documented rationale for the overriding medical opinion).

Where does underprescribe come from?

From under- + prescribe.

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