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Comparison between processes of HTA, pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement, and their transparency in Germany and Poland

Publication date: 30.05.2015

Public Health and Governance, 2015, Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 102 - 108

https://doi.org/10.4467/20842627OZ.15.010.4123

Authors

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Hanna Wüller
Institute of Public Health, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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Christoph Sowada
Institute of Public Health, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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Tomasz Bochenek
Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Kraków
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9915-7267 Orcid
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Titles

Comparison between processes of HTA, pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement, and their transparency in Germany and Poland

Abstract

This paper focuses on HTA, pricing and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals in Germany and Poland. The authors analyzed processes of decision making related to pharmaceutical reimbursement, as well as their transparency. Both Germany and Poland have developed complex processes of pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement, as well as incorporated HTA into decision making procedures.In Germany the stakeholders involvement and transparency of processes seem to be to higher than in Poland.

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Information

Information: Public Health and Governance, 2015, Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 102 - 108

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Comparison between processes of HTA, pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement, and their transparency in Germany and Poland

English:

Comparison between processes of HTA, pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement, and their transparency in Germany and Poland

Authors

Institute of Public Health, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8900-1119

Christoph Sowada
Institute of Public Health, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8900-1119 Orcid
All publications →

Institute of Public Health, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9915-7267

Tomasz Bochenek
Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Kraków
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9915-7267 Orcid
All publications →

Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Kraków

Published at: 30.05.2015

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Hanna Wüller (Author) - 33%
Christoph Sowada (Author) - 33%
Tomasz Bochenek (Author) - 34%

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