Table 1.
Number of reimbursed medicines | Delay in reimbursement | Restrictions in reimbursement | GDP* | Human development index | HEPC | Mackenbach score | HTA | Type of reimbursement | |
Europe | |||||||||
Austria | 8 | 185.5 | No | 50 078 | 0.885 | 5138 | 48 | Yes | Discount rebates |
Belgium | 8 | 355 | Yes | 46 383 | 0.89 | 4782 | 17 | Yes | Price cap freezes |
Denmark | 8 | 357 | Yes | 49 496 | 0.923 | 5083 | 43 | Yes | Price volume agreements |
France | 7 | 543.5 | No | 41 466 | 0.888 | 4542 | 52 | Yes | Price volume agreements |
Germany | 9 | 30 | No | 48 730 | 0.916 | 5357 | 35 | Yes | Discount rebates |
Greece | 8 | 451.5 | No | 26 783 | 0.865 | 2204 | 16 | Yes | Discount rebates |
Ireland | 6 | 636 | No | 68 883 | 0.923 | 5335 | 38 | Yes | Discount rebates |
Italy | 6 | 724 | No | 38 161 | 0.873 | 3351 | 31 | Yes | Discount rebates |
Portugal | 2 | 1057.5 | Yes | 30 624 | 0.83 | 2661 | 19 | Yes | Not known |
Spain | 7 | 977.5 | No | 36 310 | 0.876 | 3183 | 35 | No | Discount rebates |
Switzerland | 8 | 0 | No | 62 882 | 0.93 | 7583 | 46 | No | Not known |
UK | 7 | 395.5 | No | 42 609 | 0.747 | 4145 | 37 | Yes | Discount rebates |
Albania | 2 | 1314 | No | 11 929 | 0.733 | 774 | −13 | No | Not known |
Belarus | 1 | 1314 | Yes | 18 060 | 0.798 | 1085 | −25 | Yes | Not known |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 1458 | No | 12 075 | 0.733 | 1102 | −60 | Yes | Not known |
Bulgaria | 3 | 996 | No | 19 199 | 0.782 | 1492 | −33 | No | MEA |
Croatia | 5 | 938 | Yes | 23 596 | 0.818 | 1656 | −17 | No | MEA |
Czech Republic | 5 | 801.5 | Yes | 34 711 | 0.87 | 2470 | 12 | Yes | MEA |
Estonia | 3 | 1149.5 | No | 29 365 | 0.861 | 1887 | −32 | Yes | MEA |
Lithuania | 2 | 1367.5 | No | 29 966 | 0.839 | 1875 | −28 | Yes | MEA |
FYR Macedonia | 2 | 933.5 | 15 121 | 0.747 | 857 | 0 | Yes | Price cap freezes | |
Montenegro | 3 | 1303 | Yes | 16 854 | 0.802 | 957 | −18 | No | Not known |
Poland | 7 | 501.5 | No | 27 811 | 0.843 | 1704 | -4 | Yes | Price volume agreements |
Romania | 4 | 905.5 | No | 23 626 | 0.793 | 1090 | −42 | Yes | Price volume agreements |
Serbia | 3 | 1130.5 | Yes | 14 512 | 0.771 | 1324 | −17 | Yes | MEA |
Slovenia | 7 | 631 | No | 32 885 | 0.88 | 2734 | 15 | No | Discount rebates |
Ukraine | 1 | 1274.5 | No | 8272 | 0.907 | 469 | −73 | No | Not known |
*GDP, gross domestic product, World Bank Data.
HEPC, health expenditure per capita; HTA, health technology assessment; MEA, managed entry agreements.