Rebate is a payment made to the purchaser after the transaction has occurred. Purchasers (either hospitals or pharmacies) receive a bulk refund from…
Process by which medications are removed from distribution channels and returned to the manufacturer due to safety concerns (such as inadvertent…
A group of medicines of the same active ingredient (ATC 5), in a given therapeutic class (ATC 4) or clustered based on a broader definition but still…
Price that is set in a reference price system, where the third party payer funds a maximum amount (= reference price), while the patient must pay the…
A reimbursement policy in which identical medicines (ATC 5 level) or similar medicines (ATC 4 level or other groups) are clustered (reference group…
A medicine which has been granted a marketing authorisation by a country or by the European Commission on the basis of submitted quality, pre-…
Medicines which are eligible for reimbursement. Costs of reimbursable medicines may be fully covered by third party payers, or only partially (a…
Coverage of the cost of reimbursable medicines by a public payer (such as social health insurance / National Health Service).
Synonym: funding…
Medicines eligible for reimbursement are often grouped according to selected characteristics, e.g. route of administration (oral, etc.), main…
Decision-making process on the reimbursement status, reimbursement price, reimbursement rate of medicines that involves the roles and the composition…
The percentage share of the price of a medicine or medical service that is reimbursed/subsidized by a public payer. The difference between the…
Evaluation process of a reimbursement decision (i.e. decision about the reimbursement status and reimbursement rates of medicines), which may, or may…