院内(いんない)処方(しょほう)

いんないしょほう
noun
in-hospital dispensing (of medicine)
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1. in-hospital dispensing of medicine
The practice of a hospital or clinic preparing and handing prescribed medicine to the patient on its own premises, rather than issuing a prescription to be filled at an outside pharmacy.
この病院(びょういん)は院内(いんない)処方(しょほう)だ。
This hospital dispenses medicine in-house.
院内(いんない)処方(しょほう)なら、その場(ば)で薬(くすり)が受(う)け取(と)れる。
With in-hospital dispensing, you can pick up your medicine on the spot.
小(ちい)さな診療所(しんりょうじょ)では、院内(いんない)処方(しょほう)を行(おこな)っているところも多(おお)い。
Many small clinics still carry out in-hospital dispensing.

Refers to receiving your medicine directly at the hospital or clinic where you were seen, rather than at an external pharmacy.

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Compare: 院外(いんがい)処方(しょほう) (out-of-hospital dispensing)
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Added 2026.7.16 12:17 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29
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