prescription charges
Pharmacy payment costs
Prescription charges are the fees patients pay when collecting medication prescribed by a doctor.
In countries with subsidized healthcare systems like the UK's National Health Service, the charge covers a fixed portion of the cost regardless of the actual drug price: Many pensioners are exempt from prescription charges.
The term appears mainly in British English; Americans typically speak of copays or out-of-pocket costs.
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
- copayPatient's set contribution
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- dispensingGiving out portions
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