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Pricing of services depends on the healthcare system , established procedures, and the way service is going to function in the system. The ideal would be a remunerated service by the healthcare payer. Labor, material, and overhead cost should be considered for pricing services. Most often, the following methods are used for pricing the service: cost-plus pricing, competition-based pricing, and value-based pricing. Health technology assessment is a formal procedure of evaluating health technologies, including new pharmacy services. It can, however, differ in the extent and nature of its implementation in healthcare systems and can, but not necessarily, also include a thorough health economic evaluation.
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Kos, M. (2019). How to Determine the Price of a Service. In: Alves da Costa, F., van Mil, J., Alvarez-Risco, A. (eds) The Pharmacist Guide to Implementing Pharmaceutical Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92576-9_36
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