1996
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199605010-00008
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Off-Label Drug Use in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease

Abstract: We wished to determine the extent to which drugs used to treat HIV disease and its clinical manifestations are prescribed for conditions other than those listed on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approved drug label, how such "off-label" use varies by patient characteristics and type of HIV-related medical condition, and the extent to which physicians alter the way they treat HIV-related conditions because of reimbursement problems associated with off-label drug use. We surveyed 1,530 primary care prov… Show more

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“…Similar to the situation in the U.S. 10 years ago, reimbursement denials by insurers are proliferating as fi nancial pressures rise [7,36] . In March 2002, the German Federal Social Court (FSC) decided in a judgment of general principle that drugs prescribed off-label can be reimbursed by statutory health insurance only when the following narrow criteria are met: severe disease, no alternate therapy, and experts ' consensus on suffi ciently proven benefi t [13] .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similar to the situation in the U.S. 10 years ago, reimbursement denials by insurers are proliferating as fi nancial pressures rise [7,36] . In March 2002, the German Federal Social Court (FSC) decided in a judgment of general principle that drugs prescribed off-label can be reimbursed by statutory health insurance only when the following narrow criteria are met: severe disease, no alternate therapy, and experts ' consensus on suffi ciently proven benefi t [13] .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The literature suggests that this is a frequent occurrence in many areas of medicine, particularly in paediatrics [3,6,9,13,16,18,19,21] and HIV/AIDS [5] treatment.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…"Off-Label-Gabe" ist ein häufiges Phänomen -besonders -aber nicht nur bei Tumortherapien [9]. Beispiele finden sich auch bei Schwangeren, Kindern (insbesondere Intensivstation), in der Dermatologie, Infektiologie und vielem mehr [2,3,4]. Schätzungswei-se 80% der Chemotherapien werden "off label" eingesetzt.…”
Section: Off-label-behandlungunclassified