Canarian Weekly
15-05-2015, 12:11
THE Canary Islands has finally paid its 2014 medical bill, which means the money owed to various pharmacies has been settled.
The Spanish National Health System (NHS) has seen an increase of 2.1% in its bill, compared with 2013.
Spokesperson Juan Ignacio Güenechea said: “Pharmaceutical expenditure is contained, with respect to the previous year, in real terms.”
The Spanish health market saw 9.4bn euros spent on medicines and drugs, against the 9.2bn in 2013 – an increase of 1.95%.
Despite the slight growth, it is well below the 2010 figures, when 12.2bn was spent.
The Canarian bill was dwarfed by the pharmaceutical expenditure of Andalucia, Cataluña, Valencia and Madrid, who have spent a total of over 5.1bn euros.
It is more than half the entire pharmaceutical expenditure, and they issued more than 493 million prescriptions – 57% of the total.
Regarding non-payments, Cataluña is at the top of the debtors’ list to pharmacies. The Catalan Government has accumulated a 233m-euro deficit with pharmacies, while Valencia has a 95m debt – the second region to accumulate huge pharmacy debts.
An average pharmacy carries out about 45,000 sales operations annually, in which it disperses an average of 88,400 products.
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The Spanish National Health System (NHS) has seen an increase of 2.1% in its bill, compared with 2013.
Spokesperson Juan Ignacio Güenechea said: “Pharmaceutical expenditure is contained, with respect to the previous year, in real terms.”
The Spanish health market saw 9.4bn euros spent on medicines and drugs, against the 9.2bn in 2013 – an increase of 1.95%.
Despite the slight growth, it is well below the 2010 figures, when 12.2bn was spent.
The Canarian bill was dwarfed by the pharmaceutical expenditure of Andalucia, Cataluña, Valencia and Madrid, who have spent a total of over 5.1bn euros.
It is more than half the entire pharmaceutical expenditure, and they issued more than 493 million prescriptions – 57% of the total.
Regarding non-payments, Cataluña is at the top of the debtors’ list to pharmacies. The Catalan Government has accumulated a 233m-euro deficit with pharmacies, while Valencia has a 95m debt – the second region to accumulate huge pharmacy debts.
An average pharmacy carries out about 45,000 sales operations annually, in which it disperses an average of 88,400 products.
More... (http://www.canarianweekly.com/canaries-finally-settle-the-pharmacies-debt/)