ABSTRACT
This paper aims at evaluating the effectiveness of the “Medical and Pharmaceutical Separation” re-form in Beijing in three years , and put forward suggestions for the reform of public hospitals .Using data obtained from hospital database, we compared changes in the proportion of drug cost , the average drug expenditures per time, medical workload , quality , income and structure .The key findings of this study show that after the reform , the quali-ty of medical services has improved .Compared to one year before the reform , in the third year of reform the outpa-tient and inpatient medicine accounted for decreased to 16.98%and 13.3%, from 25.57%and 36%, respectively;and the outpatient and inpatient patients per capita medical expenses decreased by 21.39%and 34.8%respectively. The health care revenue increased by 68 .1%compared with before reform .Drug revenue fell 14.29%before the re-form.Medical service fee income reached 243,500,000 yuan.Income from medical examination and laboratory tests in-creased by 52.60%.Based on the findings of the present investigation , the Trial“Medical and Pharmaceutical Separa-tion” to control the cost of drugs achieved good results .Therefore ,it would be advantageous in adopting the reform of public hospitals in the next step toward the medical examination separated , adjust the price of medical services ,etc.