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Prescription volume and costs of over-the-counter–like drugs in Japan by patient and healthcare facility characteristics: A nationwide descriptive study

2026-01-16

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<h4>Introduction</h4> “Over-the-counter (OTC)-like drugs” are prescription medicines that contain the same or similar active ingredients as OTC drugs but receive reimbursement under Japan’s universal health insurance system. Despite ongoing policy discussions regarding the potential exclusion of these drugs from insurance coverage or increased patient cost-sharing, evidence describing their real-world prescriptio...

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Literature Corpus work: b37b6c6f-d20b-5182-a3e2-f881f0f90e05
DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.14.26344144

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