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Implementation of the 2011 Reimbursement Act in Poland: Desired and undesired effects of the changes in reimbursement policy

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  • Kawalec, Paweł
  • Sagan, Anna
  • Stawowczyk, Ewa
  • Kowalska-Bobko, Iwona
  • Mokrzycka, Anna

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The Act of 12 May 2011 on the Reimbursement of Medicines, Foodstuffs Intended for Particular Nutritional Uses and Medical Devices constitutes a major change of the reimbursement policy in Poland. The main aims of this Act were to rationalize the reimbursement policy and to reduce spending on reimbursed drugs. The Act seems to have met these goals: reimbursement policy (including pricing of reimbursed drugs) was overhauled and the expenditure of the National Health Fund on reimbursed drugs saw a significant decrease in the year following the Act's introduction. The annual savings achieved since then (mainly due to the introduction of risk sharing schemes), have made it possible to include new drugs into the reimbursement list and improve access to innovative drugs. However, at the same time, the decrease in prices of reimbursed drugs, that the Act brought about, led to an uncontrolled outflow of some of these drugs abroad and shortages in Poland. This paper analyses the main changes introduced by the Reimbursement Act and their implications. Since the Act came into force relatively recently, its full impact on the reimbursement policy is not yet possible to assess.

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  • Kawalec, Paweł & Sagan, Anna & Stawowczyk, Ewa & Kowalska-Bobko, Iwona & Mokrzycka, Anna, 2016. "Implementation of the 2011 Reimbursement Act in Poland: Desired and undesired effects of the changes in reimbursement policy," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(4), pages 356-361.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:120:y:2016:i:4:p:356-361
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.02.010
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    1. Karolina Badora & Aleksandra Caban & Cécile Rémuzat & Claude Dussart & Mondher Toumi, 2017. "Proposed changes to the reimbursement of pharmaceuticals and medical devices in Poland and their impact on market access and the pharmaceutical industry," Post-Print hal-01722743, HAL.
    2. Buczak-Stec, Elżbieta & Goryński, Paweł & Nitsch-Osuch, Aneta & Kanecki, Krzysztof & Tyszko, Piotr, 2017. "The impact of introducing a new hospital financing system (DRGs) in Poland on hospitalisations for atherosclerosis: An interrupted time series analysis (2004–2012)," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(11), pages 1186-1193.
    3. Wranik, Wiesława Dominika & Gambold, Liesl & Peacock, Stuart, 2021. "Uncertainty tolerance among experts involved in drug reimbursement recommendations: Qualitative evidence from HTA committees in Canada and Poland," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(3), pages 307-319.
    4. Wranik, Wiesława Dominika & Zielińska, Dorota Anna & Gambold, Liesl & Sevgur, Serperi, 2019. "Threats to the value of Health Technology Assessment: Qualitative evidence from Canada and Poland," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 123(2), pages 191-202.
    5. Malinowski, Krzysztof Piotr & Kawalec, Paweł & Trąbka, Wojciech, 2016. "Impact of patient outcomes and cost aspects on reimbursement recommendations in Poland in 2012–2014," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(11), pages 1249-1255.

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