They pay a fee that entitles them to a certain number of doses. This guarantees the antibiotic company a certain amount of money, whether all those doses are used up or not.
If the hospital needs MORE doses, they'll buy them.
The idea is to guarantee the antibiotic company a certain amount of income, to make it worthwhile for them to develop and manufacture the drug.
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