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One type of co-payment asking patients to cost-share in the form of a set proportion of the cost of a service or product (e.g. a medicine) In German…
Agreement between a payer and a pharmaceutical, device or diagnostic manufacturer where the price level and/or revenue received is related to the…
Schemes between healthcare payers and medical product manufacturers in which the price, level, or nature of reimbursement are tied to future measures…
Schemes where the reimbursement level for covered products is tied to the measure of clinical outcomes in the real world. See also: Managed entry…
Policies undertaken around the launch of a medicine on the market. Related to the entry of new medicines, this might be specific arrangements (e.g.…
A Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee is assigned to develop a list of medicines (hospital pharmaceutical formulary) that is authorised for…
A pharmaceutical policy in which the maximum amount of money to be spent on medicines during a period of time is defined ex ante. Pharmaceutical…
The pharmacologist/pharmacist’s contribution to the care of individuals in order to optimise medicines use and improve health outcomes. In German: „…
A unit within a hospital for the internal supply of the hospital with medicines. It usually has fewer tasks, competences and responsibilities than a…
Medicines are pharmaceutically equivalent if they contain the same amount of the same active substance(s) in the same dosage forms that meet the same…
Total expenditure on pharmaceutical and other medical nondurables. This comprises medicinal preparations, branded and generic medicines, on-patent…
Way in which a medicine is presented, e.g. a film coated tablet, an ointment, a vial, a spray. Synonyms: dosage form, dose form In German:…
All kind of information and promotion activities to consumers, doctors or pharmacists that provide incentives with the aim of influence prescription…
Service of supplying the population with medicines. Last update: 26 June 2023 Source: PPRI
Pharmaceutical research includes scientific and policy studies in the pre-clinical, clinical and post-clinical phase of a medicine (e.g. basic and…
Pharmaceutical samples are medicines which are given out for free to physicians mostly by pharmaceutical representatives. The purpose of a…
Pharmaceutical services encompass a diverse range of activities aimed at ensuring patient and community access to medicines. These services extend…
A pharmaceutical system comprises the following elements: regulatory (marketing authorisation, market surveillance, vigilance), pricing, funding…
Health professionals who have graduated with a degree in pharmacy and have completed practical training in a pharmacy. In German: Apotheker:in…
A discipline for economic evaluation of pharmaceutical products and services through determination, measurement and comparison of their costs and…