Paper
Journal of Medical Marketing (2000) 1, 53–58; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jmm.5040006
Reimbursement and pricing of medical devices in Germany
J M Schmitt
BVMed, Hasengartenstrasse 14c, Wiesbaden, D-65189, Germany. Tel: +49 611 976 7517; Fax: +49 611 719 769; Email: schmitt@bvmed.de
Revised 23 March 2000.
Abstract
Before looking at the reimbursement system for medical devices in Germany, one has to be conscious of the market for medical devices in Europe and in Germany. The German market with DM21bn is by far the biggest market in Europe (total: DM60bn estimated turnover in 1998), and therefore also a market of high interest to others. It is twice as big as the market in France, three times as big as the Italian market, and four times as big as the market in the UK.
These four states (Germany, France, Italy and the UK) together represent three-quarters of the total European medical device market.
Keywords:
Germany, health care market, health care reform, hospitals, medical devices, reimbursement
