Glossary
E
An ability to perform well or achieve a result without wasted energy, resources, effort, time or money thus the extent to which objectives are…
Essential medicines are those that satisfy the priority health care needs of the population. They are selected with due regard to public health…
The conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.
Last update: 15…
The manufacturer’s posted price of a pharmaceutical or other products.
In German: Fabriksabgabepreis / Herstellerpreis
Preis, zu dem ein…
A substance, other than the active ingredient, which has been appropriately evaluated for safety and is included in a drug delivery system to:
- aid…
The manipulation by pharmacists of various medicine and chemical ingredients using traditional compounding techniques to produce suitable medicines…
The practice of using the price(s) of a medicine in one or several countries in order to derive a benchmark or reference price for the purposes of…
F
Payments to a provider (for example a general practitioner) for each act or service rendered.
Synonym: Fee-for-service remuneration
In German:…
An out-of-pocket payment in the form of a fixed amount (like for example a prescription fee) to be paid for a service, a medicine or a medical device…
A combination of two or more active substances in a fixed ratio of doses. This term is used generically to mean a particular combination of active…
Evidence-based expections on sales, budget requirements, demand, projected health gain/outcome and similar.
Last update: 15 June 2023
Source: PPRI
Framework agreements are arrangements between one or more buyers (authorities) and one or more suppliers (pharmaceutical industry, pharmacies) that…
Pricing policy, in which governments allow pharmaceutical companies to determine the price of the medicine they launch.
In German: Freie…
All activities consisting of the purchase and sale, warehousing, order preparation and delivery / distribution of the full assortment of medicines (…
G
A health professional, who may be a medical practitioner, nurse or other professional, who has the first encounter with an individual and controls…
A medicine which has the same qualitative and quantitative composition in active substances and the same pharmaceutical form as the reference…
Regulation, measures and initiatives, typically undertaken by the government authorities, to promote the use of generics and/or (licensed) off-patent…
Practice of setting the price of a generic in relationship to the originator medicine, usually at a certain percentage lower than the originator…
The practice of dispensing a medicine, whether marketed under a trade name or generic name (branded or unbranded generic), with a less expensive…
A method of hospital cost-containment in which participating hospitals must share a prospectively set budget.
Method for allocating funds among…