LEXICON
No.50 March 7, 2011

NHI drug price; reimbursement price; tariff price
薬価
NHI price revision
薬価改定
Market price survey
薬価調査
Actual market price
市場実勢価格

Yakka (薬価) refer to official prices (公定価格) of ethical drugs (医療用医薬品) determined by the government based on the NHI (national health insurance) drug pricing standard (薬価基準) and listed in the drug tariff (薬価表). In English, yakka is translated as NHI...

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