Managing Gradual Dose Reduction’s (GDR’s) can be a brutal game. Many clinicians despise the term and hate being asked to address the use of a psychotropic or sleep medication. I can definitely relate, but as a healthcare professional who’s worked in long term care, it is necessary to understand how to best manage a gradual dose reduction.
What is the difference between ADR and GDR?
A global depositary receipt (GDR) is very similar to an American depositary receipt (ADR), except an ADR only lists shares of a foreign country in the U.S. markets. A global depositary receipt (GDR) is a certificate issued by a bank that represents shares in a foreign stock on two or more global markets.
What are GDRs and how do they work?
Companies issue GDRs to attract interest from foreign investors. GDRs provide a lower-cost mechanism in which these investors can participate. These shares trade as though they are domestic shares, but investors can purchase the shares in an international marketplace.
What are the federal requirements for GDRs?
Federal requirements regarding GDRs are found at 42 CFR 483.45(d) Unnecessary drugs and 483.45(e) Psychotropic drugs. Coding Instructions for N0450D
What are the advantages and disadvantages of issuing GDRs?
The main advantage for issuers of GDRs is that their shares can reach a broader and more diverse audience of potential investors, and with shares listed on major global exchanges it can increase the status or legitimacy of an otherwise unknown foreign company.
What is GDR in pharmacy?
BACKGROUND: The generic dispensing ratio (GDR)—the number of generic fills divided by the total number of prescriptions—is a standard perfor- mance metric on which pharmacy benefit designs and their managers are routinely evaluated.
What is a generic fill rate?
Washington State Medicaid Generic Fill Rate (GFR) is the ratio between pharmacy point-of-sale claims for generic drugs and the total number of drug claims reimbursed through the point-of-sale pharmacy system.
What is dispense rate?
A mixing head's dispensing rate indicates the amount of material that can be dispensed in a specified period of time, e.g. grams per second (g/s), and therefore a system's dispensing speed. The lower the dispensing rate, the smaller the amount of mixture required.
International Depository Receipt (IDR)
A receipt issued by a bank as evidence of ownership of one or more shares of the underlying stock of a foreign corporation that the bank holds in trust. The advantage of the IDR structure is that the corporation does not have to comply with all the issuing requirements of the foreign country where the stock is to be traded.
International Depository Receipt
A certificate issued by a bank representing shares of a stock the bank holds in trust but that are traded on a foreign stock exchange. The IDR is denominated in the local currency, and entitles the bearer to any dividends and other benefits associated with the shares. IDRs can be traded like any other security.