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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2022.22.06.712

Current Status of the Reimbursement for Pharmacist-provided Health Care Services in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom  

Park, Ji Hyun (덕성여자대학교 약학대학)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.22, no.6, 2022 , pp. 712-728 More about this Journal
Abstract
World-widely, there has never been a greater need for people to access high-quality expertise about the effective and safe use of medications. Therefore, the profession of pharmacy should meet these needs of the times, as the demographic shifts have led to a situation where older adults now outnumber children, and polypharmacy is also a commonplace. However, the reimbursement system covered by the National Health Insurance (NHI) in Korea is still limited to the traditional dispensing and compounding role of pharmacist. To provide a take-home message to Korean pharmacy reimbursement system, we aimed to review and analyze the international trends in pharmacy remuneration systems. This is a comparative study between Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Comparison was conducted by reviewing each country's policy and enforcement programs, as well as the related literature. Japan, the UK and the US systems remunerate diverse patient-centered pharmaceutical care services. The Korean pharmacy service fee is, however, narrowly focused on the traditional product-oriented pharmacy services. This study discussed the future direction of improving pharmacist reimbursement systems in Korea, by expanding professional pharmacy service coverage and diversifying fee schedule.
Keywords
Pharmacy Services; Pharmacy Reimbursement; Health Insurance Fee Schedule; Health Policy; Pharmacist Remuneration;
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