医い薬やく分ぶん業ぎょう

noun

separation of medical and dispensary practice; separation of prescribing and dispensing

A healthcare policy term referring to the system where doctors prescribe and pharmacists dispense, rather than doctors doing both. Common in discussions of Japan's medical system.

• 日本にほんでは医い薬やく分ぶん業ぎょうが進すすめられている。

  In Japan, the separation of prescribing and dispensing is being promoted.

• 医い薬やく分ぶん業ぎょうのメリットとして、薬くすりの専せん門もん家かによるチェックが挙あげられる。

  One advantage of separating prescribing and dispensing is that medications are checked by a specialist.