Mary Jane Sudekum, Pharm.D., and Lee C. Vermeulen, M.S. Key Words: therapeutic interchange, guidelines, drug policies, drug. procedures, pharmacy and therapeutics committee, patient care, cost-effective. therapy, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, ACCP, position statement.
The law of diminishing marginal utility is similar to the law of diminishing returns which states that as the amount of one factor of production increases as all other factors of production are held the same, the marginal return (extra output gained by adding an extra unit) decreases.
Marginal Utility (MU): Definition and Explanation: Marginal utility means an additional or incremental utility. Marginal utility is the change in the total utility that results from unit one unit change in consumption of the commodity within a given period of time. For example, when a person increases the consumption of eggs from one egg to two eggs, the total utility increases from 30 utils to 45 utils.