Naslov
EFFICIENCY OF INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS OF THE CROATIAN HEALTH INSURANCE FUND IN MAINTAINING THE PRICES OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES IN REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Autori
Bršec Rolih, Sandra ; Penava Brekalo, Zvjezdana ; Bogović, Josip

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
INTERDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT RESEARCH XVII / Barković, Dražen ; Heinz Dernoscheg, Karl ; Erceg, Aleksandar ; Glavaš, Jerko ; Pap, Norbert ; Runzheimer, Bodo ; Wentzel, Dirk - Osijek : Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, 2021, 1303-1320

Skup
17th Interdisciplinary Management Research (IMR 2021)

Mjesto i datum
Opatija, Hrvatska, 13.05.2021. - 15.05.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Prescription medicines, Croatian Health Insurance Fund, pharmaceutical products, annual calculation of prices of medicinal products, harmonization of prices of medicinal products

Sažetak
Croatian market of medicines is constantly growing. The population’s life expectancy increases, living standards are getting higher, and pharmaceutical products’ demand is growing. The implications of an aging population and the increase in medicines’ consumption are becoming increasingly apparent in health care costs and represent a burden to the health care system. This study identifies institutional mechanisms that directly enable the health care system and the state insurer to reduce prescription medicines’ prices. It also analyses such mechanisms’ effectiveness by reviewing the average prescription The first part of the study identifies and describes two annual price adjustments carried out by the insurer. The first adjustment is an annual international price adjustment (Annual calculation of the maximum permitted wholesale prices of medicinal products) comparing prices of the same medicine in Italy, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic or Spain and France. The second adjustment is the adjustment of medicine prices within reference groups and subgroups. Medicine prices are compared within the same therapeutic groups or subgroups (The harmonization of prices of medicinal products dispensed on the Fund’s prescription). The second part of the study examines the Croatian Health Insurance Fund’s annual reports in the last five years. It compares the relationships between the total funds spent on prescription medicines and the total number of issued prescriptions. The analysis results show the average price of a prescription in the monitored period and conclude the institutional measures’ effectiveness. price in the past five years, from 2015 to 2019

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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