pharmacy quoted in writing a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year, quoted in writing
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germany, whats the actual difference in cost between
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- cat_on_the_tray — checked this month and germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription 22:31
for the regional notes pharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are regulated. in spain they varied much more
as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it
[edited]statutory insurance in germany did not cover it for weight when i last read about it. for the diabetes indication it was a different conversation, that was 2024
not everywhere
i compared two countries with the same specification and the difference was about forty percent, n of 1 obviously
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thats the one, no single eu answer
verbal is not a quote
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comparing two countries a rezept is a prescription and the process around it is german specific. the word gets used loosely in here
the private route is nationally organised almost everywhere, which is why the prices vary so much
two towns, one border, different
i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling, i would check again now
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reimbursement criteria differ by country and by insurer within a country, and both change
and the month
i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork, early days
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spain, is it pharmacy only and what does it come to
nice one, never worked out why