Glossary
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The material employed in the packaging of a pharmaceutical product. Containers include primary, secondary and transportation containers.
Containers…
Defined as the degree to which a series of discrete healthcare events is experienced as coherent and connected and consistent with the patient’s…
The cargo insurance and delivery of goods to the named port of destination (discharge) at the seller's expense. Buyer is responsible for the import…
Compares the cost of a medicinal intervention to its benefit. Both costs and benefits must be measured in the same monetary units (e.g. euro, dollars…
Measures taken to reduce expenditure or the growth rate of expenditure, or the unit cost of services.
Cost-containment measures may be targeted to…
Value for money. A specific health care treatment is said to be “cost-effective” if it gives a greater health gain than could be achieved by using…
Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is an economic analysis that assesses both the costs and the effects of a health intervention.
Costs are measured…
Cost-free medicines are products which are given to hospitals/hospital pharmacies in the course of the delivery without need for payment (e.g. from…
Pricing policy that takes into account production costs, promotional expenses, research & development, administration costs, overheads and a…
A provision of health insurance or third party payment that requires the individual who is covered to pay part of the cost of health care received.…
The term counterfeit medical product describes a product with a false representation of its identity and/or Source. This applies to the product, its…
A measure of the extent to which the services rendered cover the potential need for those services in the community.
Last update: 7 June 2023…
A binary coverage decision is conditioned upon the collection of additional population level evidence to support continues, expanded, or withdrawal…