23,24 For individuals who take them, spending on specialty drugs constitutes about 30 percent of drug and medical costs combined, while spending on other drugs and medical services related to their conditions accounts for another 27 percent.
Travelers checks are only accepted at four-star or more hotels so it is usually best to exchange a reasonable amount of cash into GBP and Algerian dinars in one sitting. The local currency is the Algerian dinar (DZD/AD), which is made up of 100 centimes.
It is the legal currency of 14 African countries, 12 of which were at one time part of the French-African colonial empire. Two additional countries, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, also use the CFA franc even though they were not originally French colonies.