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Objectives:To evaluate essential medicines accessibility from the availability, drug price level and affordability perspective in Beijing. Methods:Data was collected from a sample of a Beijing social security database on diabetes in 2013 and a field research on 4 primary healthcare institutions. The essential medicine equipping rate, medium price ratio ( MPR) and poverty-inducing effect were selected as accessibility indicators. Results:Among 21 sample drugs, the nitrendipine, magnesium sulfate, sodium nitroprusside, prazosin, phentolamine and glyburide e-quipping rates are less than 15%. The 9 sample drugs MPR varied from 1. 3 to 27. 4. The hypertension, hyper-lipemia and diabete poverty-inducing rate varied from 0. 44% to 0. 70% in urban areas, and varied from 1. 17% to 1. 88% in rural areas. Conclusion:Some essential medicines in Beijing are equipped with a very low rate, but have a high price level, and the poverty-inducing population is large. We recommend strengthening the monitoring of es-sential medicines accessibility and introducing appropriate supporting policies.
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OBJECTIVE: To discuss the goal and the measures that should be taken in the reform of Chinese medical and health system. METHODS: The changes of Chinese medical and health system were briefly reviewed and the current problems in which were analyzed, then the goals and the corresponding measures in the future medical and health system reform were put forward. RESULTS & CONCLUSION: The reform of Chinese medical and health system should in line with medical insurance reform and drug circulation system reform. The central financial expenditure system should be reformed by carrying out the principle of “common benefits” and eliminating differential treatment between city and countryside or among areas so as to implement equalization in medical and health service. The concerned departments should improve resource management system and optimize medical resources allocation. The government should strengthen the monitoring on medical and health service industry to facilitate its healthy development.