Study on the Feasible Program of Independent Financing for Essential Medicines from the Perspective of Val-ue Chain / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To explore the feasible program of independent financing for essential medicines. METHODS:Based on the comprehensiveness of national essential medicine system and the value chain of while essential medicines,the feasibility of independent financing to supplying,application and payment was analyzed,and finally the feasible program of independent financ-ing for essential medicines was put forward. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:Making full use of financial subsidies,individual con-tribution and medical insurance balance fund,with appropriate supplementary financing can establish the compensation fund. The unified compensation fund is used for providing financial support for fixed-point production of scarce essential medicines;compen-sating production enterprises supplying essential medicines;compensating medical institutions equipped with essential drugs;provid-ing“secondary compensation”to patients purchasing essential medicines. Complete system of financing,supplying,application and payment for medicines should be further designed after“medicine separation”.