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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.
この病院は院内処方だ。
This hospital dispenses medicine in-house.
院内処方なら、その場で薬が受け取れる。
With in-hospital dispensing, you can pick up your medicine on the spot.
小さな診療所では、院内処方を行っているところも多い。
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.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 院内処方を行う: to practice in-hospital dispensing
- 院内処方の病院: a hospital that dispenses in-house
CONTRAST:
- 院外処方: out-of-hospital dispensing — the patient takes the prescription to an outside pharmacy