The mentioned issues between pharmacists and health insurance companies were very acute in 1918-1928. In particular on the part of pharmacists they involved incorrect dispatching of prescribed drugs as regards quality or quantity of the active substances or the total therapeutic preparation, sometimes also dispatching of othe r commodities than drugs. The health insurance companies criticized poor payment morale (asking for reductions of monthly bills), unwillingness to adapt prices of drugs and laboratory work to rising prices, and incorrect management of entrusted funds.

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