Pharmacoepidemiological aspects of outpatient pain medication
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Background In Austria, 98% of the population is covered by (statutory) health insurance. The HVB (Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions) publishes the Reimbursement Code (EKO) for outpatient medicines, and if new medicines are submitted for inclusion, these are subjected to pharmacological, medical/therapeutic and health economic evaluation. Providing modern and comprehensive medical care is inevitably and causally linked to a constant rise in health care costs. Treatment of pain has a unique position in every health care system, because it is associated with many diseases of varying severity. Pain patients are confronted both with severe and disabling physical as well as psychological burdens.
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