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. 2019 Nov 13;4(6):e000550. doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2019-000550

Table 1.

Access to innovative medicines for metastatic melanoma and economic and healthcare system parameters39

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.