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.
3. marginal utility a. definition The extra utility a consumer obtains from the consumption of one additional unit of a good or service; b. calculation equal to the change in total utility divided by the change in the quantity consumed.