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Distribution of medicines

Of the total number of 59,884 registered variants* of medicines (of which 3,263 homeopathics) (as of 1 April, 2012), the following was supplied to the network of healthcare facilities in the 1st quarter of 2012:

  • 7,863 variants of medicines (i.e. 13.13 % of the total number of registered variants) (399 homeopathics)
  • of which 5,603 variants of supplied medicines has determined payment via health insurance (i.e. 71.26 % of the number of tradable variants of medicines)

*A variant of a medicine shall be understood as a medicine identifiable by a SUKL code allocated separately to every medicine, taking into account the efficacy, size of package and form of the medicine.

The graph shows the evolution of supply in individual years.

 

Comparison of information on distribution of drugs in DDD, financial figures and number of packages
    Distribution to the network
of healthcare facilities in ČR   
 
 
Year Q DDD* total
(million)
Packages
(million units)
Financial volume in prices
of the entity of origin

(CZK bn)
2007 1 1 362,21  88,23  11,934
2007 2 1 377,67  82,79  12,500
2007 3 1 256,08  78,04  11,613
2007 4 1 606,37  94,09  14,066
2008 1 1 226,80  83,30  12,990
2008 2 1 301,12  78,94  13,150
2008 3 1 823,24  77,70  12,962
2008 4 1 311,78  77,73  13,753
2009 1 1 324,39  83,54  14,224
2009 2 1 377,27  76,51  14,918
2009 3 1 272,65  73,94  14,244
2009 4 1 298,89  77,94  14,851
2010 1 1 487,71  80,44  14,998
2010 2 1 524,24  76,64  15,085
2010 3 1 346,72  71,81  13,982
2010 4 1 448,35  75,48  14,780
2011 1 1 520,81  80,80  15,208
2011 2 1 534,25 74,96 15,343
2011 3 1 366,38 68,37 13,664
2011 1 450,48 72,95 14,505
2012 1 1 556,11 76,05 15,561

* DDD values are calculated using the values valid in the respective period.  

 

The total number of 76.05 million distributed packages includes:

  • drugs the dispensing of which requires a medical prescription
    • number of packages – 50.95 million units (total of 1,411.15 million DDD). This is almost 67 % of the total number of supplied packages of medicines.
    • financial value in the prices of the entity of origin – CZK 13.482 bn, which represents 86.64 % of the total financial volumes. 
  • drugs which may be dispensed without a medical prescription with a restriction
    • number of packages – 0.199 million units (total of 0.179 million DDD). This is 0.26 % of the total number of supplied packages of medicines.
    • financial value in the prices of the entity of origin – CZK 21.363 Mio, which represents 0.14 % of the financial volumes
  • drugs which may be dispensed without medical prescription
    • number of packages – 23.23 million units (total of 143.522 million DDD). This is almost 30.54 % of the total number of supplied packages of medicines.
    • financial value in the prices of the entity of origin - CZK 1.56 bn, which represents 10.05 % of the total financial volumes. 
  • drugs for rare illnesses (“orphan”)
    • number of packages – 17,236 units. This is 0.023 % of the total number of supplied packages of medicines.
    • financial value in the prices of the entity of origin – CZK 438.484 Mio, which represents 2.82 % of the financial volumes. 
  • drugs supplied to veterinarians
    • number of packages – 261,058 units. 
    • financial value in the prices of the entity of origin – CZK 16.93 Mio. 
  • drugs used within specific treatment programs approved by the Ministry of Health
    • number of packages – 78,152 units. This is 0.10 % of the total number of supplied packages of medicines.
    • Financial value in the prices of the entity of origin – CZK 17.50 Mio, which represents 0.11 % of the financial volumes.