Glossary
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The ongoing provision of medical, functional, psychological, social, environmental and spiritual care services that enable people with serious and…
A disease which has one or more of the following characteristics: is permanent; leaves residual disability; is caused by no reversible pathological…
A policy where funds already paid by public payers to pharmaceutical companies, wholesalers or pharmacists have to be paid back to the third party…
A characteristic or variable that reflects how a patient feels, functions, or survives.
Clinical endpoints are distinct measurements or analyses of…
A clinical path is a key tool for managing treatment processes. It is a network of multidisciplinary diagnostic treatment measures founded on…
The study of the effects of the pharmaceuticals in humans.
Any investigation in human subjects intended to discover or verify the clinical, pharmacological and/or other pharmacodynamic effects of an…
Cost-sharing in the form of a set proportion of the cost of a service. Cf. Out-of pocket payments
A medicine that contains more than one active ingredient. Cf. fixed dose combination (FDC) product
In German: Kombinationsprodukt
Arzneimittel,…
Services and support to help people with care needs to live as independently as possible in their communities. Sometimes considered as synonym for…
Health care facility dispensing medicines (POM and OTC, reimbursable and non-reimbursable medicines) to out-patients.
Pharmacies are subject to…
Conditions that exist at the same time as the primary condition in the same patient (e.g. hypertension is a co-morbidity of many conditions, such as…
A pricing policy in which prices are determined through competition of comparable medicines. Prices of the comparator products are a key element to…
A medical condition that arises during a course of treatment and is expected to increase the length of stay by at least one day for most patients.
The preparation and supply of a single unit of a product intended for immediate use by a specific consumer. Compounding may provide a solution to the…
Health Insurance under an obligatory scheme basing on a legal act, usually with income-related contributions.
Cf. social health insurance and…
Schemes where coverage is granted conditional on the initiation of a program of data collection. Cf. managed entry agreements
In German: Conditional…
A conditional marketing authorisation may be granted where, although comprehensive clinical data referring to the safety and efficacy of the…
Continuation of coverage for individual patients is conditioned upon meeting short-term treatment goals. Cf. managed entry agreements
The quantity of a pharmaceutical(s), made by one manufacturer and supplied at one time in response to a particular request or order. A consignment…