eTool.sk® - "NHIC (National Health Information Center) Consumption Module" represents an important and very user-friendly tool for the analysis of data on the drug and medical devices consumption in Slovak republic.

It allows:

• Obtaining useful information about the consumptions of drugs and medical devices, both reimbursed and non-reimbursed from the public health insurance including hospital and OTC drugs
• Various reports generation according to type of drug dispensing or diagnoses through filters developed to the user needs
• Downloading of the complete NHIC data by type of drug dispensing.

eTool.sk® - "NHIC Consumption Module" data update:

• Data according to type of drug dispensing (available from reports of health insurance companies, public and hospital pharmacies) on the number of packages, sum of reimbursements and patient co-pay are updated quarterly based on reports released by NHIC.
• Data according to diagnosis (ICD-10/MKCH-10-SK classification of diseases), gender of the insured person and ATC groups, drug SIDC (State Institute of Drug Control) code respectively, are updated annually based on reports released by NHIC once a year.

eTool.sk® - "NHIC Consumption Module" key advantages:

• Very fast, easy and convenient Excel report´s generation
• Access is not limited to the number of users within a company
• The report is ready for further analysis
• Reports are saved automatically with quick option for further editing or updating based on new data generation
• One application consists of long-term history of consumption data: according to type of drug dispensing since 2016 and according to respective diagnosis since 2017
• Unification of drug names and ATC codes following each data update
• Monthly update of the drug names and manufacturers according to SIDC
• Possibility to generate report in English language
• Additional useful information available: current maximal manufacturer price and reimbursement according to the List of reimbursement medicines (current retail price, reimbursement and patient co-pay)
• Complete ICD-10 (MKCH-10-SK) and ATC classification allows filtering by different levels
• Possibility to generate data on drug consumption by entering a reference group or reimbursement cluster
• Easy login via web interface
• Very friendly price

Examples of generated reports:

• Report according to C64 Diagnosis – Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) in years 2017/2018
• Report according to "X" type of drug dispensing (reported by health insurance companies) for reimbursement cluster U5, comparison of MAT/Q3/2019 and MAT/Q3/2018 period
• Report according to type of drug dispensing for the reference groups atorvastatin and ezetimibe, comparison of MAT/Q3/2017 to MAT/Q3/2019 period
• Report according to type of drug dispensing for heparins included in the list of reimbursed drugs, comparison of MAT/Q3/2019 and MAT/Q3/2018 period
• Report according to "X" type of drug dispensing (reported by health insurance companies) for approved reimbursement submissions - type ORPHAN, ranked by manufacturer and ATC code, overview of quarterly consumption trend since Q1/2017 to Q3/2019

Video tutorial for medical devices consumption data