Consequences of the new Reimbursement Act for patients and the public payer Cover Image

Konsekwencje nowej ustawy refundacyjnej dla pacjentów i płatnika
Consequences of the new Reimbursement Act for patients and the public payer

Author(s): Józef Haczyński, Zofia Skrzypczak
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Commercial Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Drug expenses; reimbursement; patients contribution

Summary/Abstract: The Act on the Reimbursement of Medicines, Foodstuffs Intended for Particular Nutritional Uses and Medical Devices came into force on 1 January 2012. Its purpose was to transform the Polish medicine reimbursement so that the available public funds corresponded as closely as possible to the current social needs in the supply of refunded products. The consequence of the new reimbursement act – experienced painfully by patients - was a decrease in the share of reimbursement (and thus increase in patients’ contribution) in the value of the purchased medicine on prescription (Rx).

  • Issue Year: 5/2016
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 93-103
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish