Pharmacy's monthly dispensing charges up 820,000 won in 3Q

The monthly average dispensing charge (deducting drug costs) per pharmacy reached 8.7 million won in the third quarter of this year, up 820,000 won compared with the same period last year thanks to more coverage of national health insurance, according to statistics released by the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA).

The dispensing charges claimed by 20,618 pharmacies for the third quarter...