Psychotropic medicines for elderly people 75+ in Poland Review article

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Published: Jun 30, 2016
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psychogeriatrics, general practitioners

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Aleksandra Plaskota
Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Warszawski

Abstract

Anyone, who is over 75-year-old, is entitled to free drugs since the 1st Sep 2016. Those medicines are published as the special list announced by the Ministry of Health. However, those drugs will be free only in specific indications, and must be prescribed by a general practitioners or a nurse of primary health care. The list of free drugs includes 11 psychiatric drugs. This situation has changed a lot in the system of psychiatric care.

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Vol 8 No 3 (2016)
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References

1. Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 9 czerwca 2016 r. w sprawie sposobu i trybu finansowania z budżetu państwa leków, środków spożywczych specjalnego przeznaczenia żywieniowego oraz wyrobów medycznych przysługujących bezpłatnie świadczeniobiorcom po ukończeniu 75. roku życia.
2. Informacja Ministerstwa Zdrowia.
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