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A medicine which may only dispensed in a pharmacy (or another POM dispensary). Cf. General Sales List (GSL) medicines In German:…
Instruments, tools and approaches that allow policy makers to achieve defined objectives. Examples for pharmaceutical policy measures are price cuts…
A person or institution that is involved in policy development and formulation (e.g. national governments, public authorities). Last update: 26 June…
The administration of many medicines at the same time or the administration of an excessive number of medicines. Last update: 26 June 2023 Source:…
A medication which contains a combination of multiple active ingredients. Originally the term was created to aim at prevention of cardiovascular…
Specific population groups (e.g. children, old-age pensioners) are eligible for medicines, while others are not. Last update: 26 June 2023 Source:…
List of medicines that may be prescribed at the expense of a third party payer. It is one form of a reimbursement list. See also: negative list…
Policies undertaken after the launch of a medicine on the market. Related to the entry of new medicines, post-launch activities include monitoring…
Policies undertaken before the launch of a medicine on the market.  This includes the review of the potential specific clinical and treatment…
An instruction written by a physician that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment In German: Verordnung / Verschreibung…
A fixed amount for each prescription item dispensed on the expense of a third party payer to be payable by the patient. It is a form of fixed co-…
Instructions to physicians to ensure rational prescribing of medicines (i.e. to ensure that the right medicine in the right dose is given to the…
Review of prescribing practices of physicians. In German: Monitoring von Verordnungen / Verschreibungen Kontrolle des ärztlichen…
Category that defines if a medicine is subject to medical prescription issued by a health professional permitted to prescribe (prescription-only…
Medicine that can be dispensed only on a health professional prescription. In German: Rezeptpflichtiges Arzneimittel /verordnungspflichtiges…
Umbrella term for a facility that is allowed to dispense prescription-only medicines to outpatients, e.g. community pharmacy, dispensing doctor.…
Value component of pharmaceutical expenditure. Typically, it is indicated per pack, but it can also refer to items in a pack or to standard units. It…
A medicine price analysis aims to interpret medicine price data. It can address specific therapeutic groups of medicines, different types of prices (…
A cost-containment measure which fixes ex-ante the maximum price of medicine, e.g. taking into consideration inflation rates and production cost.…
A cross-country (or cross-national) medicine price comparison aims to survey and analyse data on medicine prices in more than one country. Within a…