Table 1 List of legislation/policy papers included in the analysis

[29]

First European guidelines on pharmacy-based diabetes management, 1996

[30]

First Agreement on the National Program for Diabetes Control, 1998

[33]

Second Agreement on the National Program for Diabetes Control, 2003

[34]

Distribution and pricing of SMBG - Decree 509-B/2003, 30 June

[40]

Health interventions allowed in pharmacies – Decree 1429/2007, 2 November

[41]

Third Agreement on the National Program for Diabetes Control, 2008

[42]

Pricing of SMBG – Decree 253-A/2008, 4 April

[43]

Pricing and reimbursement of SMBG – Decree 364/2010, 23 June

[44]

Prescribing rules, prescription forms, dispensing and patient information rules – Decree 137-A/2012, 11 May

[45]

Price reduction of SMBG – Order 4294-A/2013, 22 March

[46]

First Framework Agreement for Community Pharmacy, 2014

[47]

Pricing and reimbursement of SMBG – Decree 222/2014, 4 November

[50]

Pricing and reimbursement of SMBG – Decree 35/2016, 1 March

[51]

Framework for pharmacy-based public health interventions and incentives for dispensing reimbursed medicines of reference price groups – Decree-Law 62/2016, 12 September

[53]

Second Framework Agreement for Community Pharmacy, 2017

[54]

Health interventions allowed in pharmacies – Decree 97/2018, 9 April