Health care facility dispensing medicines (POM and OTC, reimbursable and non-reimbursable medicines) to out-patients.
Pharmacies are subject to pharmacy legislation (e.g. national legislation regarding establishment and ownership of pharmacies). In many countries, community pharmacies are private facilities, but public pharmacies (i.e. in public ownership) also exist. Pharmaceutical provision for inpatients is provided for by hospital pharmacies or pharmaceutical depots; in some cases hospital pharmacies also act as community pharmacies. Cf. hospital pharmacy
In German: Öffentliche Apotheke
Einrichtung des Gesundheitswesens, die Arzneimittel (rezeptpflichtige und rezeptfreie, erstattungsfähige und nicht-erstattungsfähigen) an Patientinnen / Patienten im niedergelassenen Bereich abgibt.
In Dutch: Openbare apotheek
In Spanish: Oficina de Farmacia
Establecimientos sanitarios de dispensación de medicamentos (de prescripción y venta libre; reembolsables y no reembolsable) a los pacientes.
Last update: 7 June 2023
Source: PPRI