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Table 1 OTC consumption of the main assortment for privately insured people in 2016

From: The usage of over-the-counter products by private insured patients in Germany – a claims data analysis with focus on complementary medicine

Main assortment

 

Packages

Billing amounta,b

3-digit code

Description

in Million

in %

in Million €

in %

V04

Diagnostic agents

1.7

7.7

45.5

12.6

R05

Cough and cold preparations

2.5

11.1

29.9

8.3

N06

Psychoanaleptics

0.3

1.4

24.4

6.7

S01

Ophthalmologicals

1.5

6.6

18.0

5.0

A06

Drugs for constipation

0.9

3.9

16.0

4.4

A12

Mineral Supplements

0.7

3.3

14.5

4.0

A07

Antidiarrhealsc

0.7

3.2

14.3

4.0

A09

Digestives, incl. Enzymes

0.2

0.8

12.1

3.3

D01

Antifungalsd

0.6

2.7

11.6

3.2

B03

Antianemic preparations

0.5

2.4

10.1

2.8

  1. a The billing amounts are not identical with the benefit amount (the cost reimbursement principle within the private health insurance), b The billing amount included aid and self-participation c and intestinal antiinflammatory/antiinfective agents, d for dermatological use
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