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.
At the same time, the foreign exchange and import restrictions put in place by the Bank of Algeria against OTA on 15 April 2010 were lifted, following the payment by OTA to the Algerian Treasury of the fine of DZD 99 billion (equivalent to approximately $1.