Rx/Reimbursement adult incontinence

Beginning in 2012 as part of the social security programme in Belarus, the government began the reimbursement of adult incontinence products in the country. Compensation is for adults with a first group disability (unable to walk) and disabled ...

With around 21% of the country’s overall population being aged 65 and over in 2018, Germany has one of the world’s most ageing populations, with this being a result of both a low birth rate and rising life expectancy. Bladder weakness is often a ...

Sales of Rx/reimbursement adult incontinence are closely linked with the trends witnessed in retail adult incontinence, with a higher use of these products seen in the country in 2018. Due to improving awareness of the issue, more and more people are...

In 2018 the definition of incontinence in the healthcare system was revised, with a declaration that incontinence is an illness and not a parallel diagnosis. This means that patients will gain the right to reimbursement for adult incontinence, which ...

In the US, coverage of incontinence supplies by Medicare, the federal health insurance programme, is available, yet is limited. Thus, traditional bricks-and-mortar retail channels such as such as drugstores/parapharmacies, mass merchandisers and ...

Sales of Rx/reimbursement adult incontinence remained very low in 2018 as sales in the category plummeted. While the expansion of the healthcare industry and the significant growth seen in the numbers of middle aged and elderly people among the ...

The National Insurance Institute of Israel encourages the elderly to remain at home in their communities. For this reason, it grants long-term care benefits to the elderly people who choose to stay at home. These are granted based on specific ...

Along with the development of society, Estonia is becoming closer to a welfare state, and Estonians facing incontinence issues are expected to increasingly visit a doctor. Still, the development is not rapid, and is taking time; hence, forecast ...

In order to be reimbursed by the healthcare insurance scheme adult incontinence had to be prescribed by a doctor in 2018, which entailed a certain amount of bureaucracy. Even so, there were also limits on the amount of state support available. For ...

Adult incontinence products are reimbursed in Latvia for a set list of diagnosed conditions. Patients diagnosed with these conditions are eligible to a 50% reimbursement from the state for up to three units of adult incontinence. The state support ...

The government feels strongly that consumers with incontinence problems should have products reimbursed – it is estimated that about three quarters of value sales are reimbursed. Rules on subsidies are clearly stated in a legal guideline, which says ...

No changes were noted in the way rx/reimbursement adult incontinence was distributed amongst Serbian consumers in 2018. According to Serbian Law on Health Insurance, there is a list of patients that have the right to receive 60 units of incontinence ...

In 2018, the population aged 65+ continued to increase, to account for about 18% of the entire Swiss population. As the risk of being affected by incontinence increases exponentially after the age of 65, with about one in three consumers aged over 80...

Consumers aged 65+ accounted for almost a fifth of the Austrian population in 2018, following a path of continuous growth. As with progressing age the risk of moderate to severe incontinence grows, it is reasonable that the demand for incontinence ...

In Denmark, municipalities are responsible for the adult incontinence reimbursement system. The availability of reimbursement adult incontinence is very well documented, with even search engines having been optimised to help consumers find ...

As of 2018 the conditions and extent of support for Rx/reimbursement adult incontinence products had not changed. The reimbursement is 80% on moderate to heavy incontinence products, which can be selected from a published set list. It can only be ...

The state Rx/reimbursement adult incontinence programme gave a big boost to sales in 2016, making it the main factor behind the huge growth of general adult incontinence sales. The compensation procedure is valid only for people who have the ...

After discussing the implications of including adult incontinence products in the health benefits plan, the Constitutional Court ruled that adult incontinence products, as well as anti-rash products for adults, are needed by a number or patients with...

Rx/reimbursement adult incontinence is present in the Czech Republic. Incontinence products are subsidised and covered by health insurance policies (health insurance companies), if they are prescribed by various specialists, including GPs, ...

Volume sales in Rx/reimbursement adult incontinence declined once again in 2018, due to the stricter regulations regarding reimbursement. The Dutch government is faced with the daunting task of containing healthcare costs, as the country faces an ...