Cross-country approach of setting the price of medicine in accordance with the ability-to-pay, and/or the economic situation of the involved…
Payments for goods and services which are not covered by a third party payer (including self-medication).
Last update: 15 June 2023
Source: PPRI
A price reduction granted to specified purchasers under specific conditions prior to purchase.
Last update: 15 June 2023
Source: OECD, adapted by…
Disinvestment relates to the process of withdrawing health resources, either partially or completely, from existing healthcare practices (including…
To supply a clinically appropriate medicine to a patient or care giver, usually against a written prescription, for self-administration or…
Physicians who have been granted the right to dispense medicines to their patients.
In German: Hausapothekenführende/r / selbstdispensierende/r…
Normally a fixed fee that pharmacies are allowed to charge per prescribed item instead of or in addition to a percentage mark-up. The fee more…
Dispensing of pharmaceuticals via internet or posting services.
In German: Versandhandel
Ausgabe von Arzneimitteln über das Internet oder…
The division and movement of medicines from the premises of the manufacturer of such products, or another central point, to the end user thereof, or…
Persons or entities who are involved in the supply, delivery and logistics management of medicines (e.g. wholesalers, importers).
Some distribution…
Reward for distribution actors (e.g. wholesalers, community) to pay them for their services rendered. Distribution remuneration can take the form of…
Research on marketing, distribution, prescription, and use of medicines in a society, with special emphasis on the resulting medical, social and…