Dashboard of refill prescription awareness and usage

Contents

• What is a refill prescription?
• Recognition of refill prescriptions
• Use of refill prescriptions
• Points to Note

1. What is a refill prescription?

Refill prescriptions, which were introduced in fiscal 2022, can be used up to three times within a period specified by a doctor for patients with stable symptoms who meet certain requirements. The use of refill prescriptions not only reduces the burden of hospital visits but also reduces the total amount of medical expenses.

• Do you know "refill prescription"? You can get up to three prescriptions for medicine in one consultation! (Government Public Relations Online)

2. Recognition of refill prescriptions

In order to ensure that patients with stable symptoms can properly use refillable prescriptions, it is important for doctors, pharmacists, and patients to be aware of refillable prescriptions, and to create environments where doctors can make suggestions to patients and patients can consult with doctors. In order to understand the implementation status of refillable prescriptions, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare conducts a survey on awareness of refillable prescriptions, intentions to use refillable prescriptions, and whether patients have ever issued refillable prescriptions.

• Special Survey on Verification of the Results of the 2022 Medical Fee Revision (Survey in FY 2023) Survey on the Implementation of Refill Prescriptions (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) (PDF format)

2.1 Patient Awareness

You can check the patient's awareness of refill prescriptions by age and by year.

• "Patient Awareness of Refill Prescriptions" Viewed in Full Screen

2.2 Physician Awareness

You can check the doctor's awareness of refill prescriptions by hospital / clinic and by year.

• A Full-Screen Look at Physician Recognition of Refill Prescriptions

2.3 Awareness of Pharmacists

You can check the annual change in the recognition status of pharmacists regarding refill prescriptions.

• A Full-Screen Look at the Awareness of Refill Prescriptions by Pharmacists

3. Use of refill prescriptions

You can check the percentage of medical institutions that have issued refill prescriptions and the issuance rate for the entire country and prefectures.

• Viewing the "Status of Use of Refill Prescriptions (by Prefecture)" on the Full Screen

Points to Note

Data

The visibility information used in the dashboard was collected in Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

• Proceedings of the 67th Central Social Insurance Medical Council Subcommittee on Verification of the Results of Medical Fee Revision (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)

You assemble this data and publish it along with the structured data for the dashboard.

• Data Table (ZIP/18KB)

Data Definition

See below for data definitions.

• Definition of data and figures for each policy

Refresh Data

Periodic updates will be made to the various dashboard metrics.

True / false information

For true or false information on this dashboard, see True or False: Refill Prescription Awareness and Usage Dashboard .

Contact Information

Medical Division, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Department of Health
Phone: 03 3595 2577
Email: iryouka-kikakuhourei _ atmark _ mhlw. go. jp
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Frequently Asked Questions

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