Reflection on the Selection and Evaluation of Essential Drug List / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To review the selection process and methods of WHO Essential Drug List and to analyze the problem and challenge of the selection and evaluation of National Essential Drug List in order to provide suggestion for the selection and evaluation of essential drug list in China. METHODS:The selection process of previous National Essential Drug Lists were compared with that of National Essential Drug Lists(2009 edition)and WHO Essential Drug List. The problem and limit of National Essential Drug List were found out to put forward countermeasure. RESULTS:The prominent problem of the selection and evaluation of National Essential Drug List were as followsthe categories of drugs were changed significantly and including of some drugs was not supported by scientific evidence. There was no indirection and standard for the evidencebased selection and evaluation of essential drug. CONCLUSION:Aiming at the problem of the selection and evaluation of National Essential Drug List,evidencebased evaluation research is conducted to establish indirection and standard for the selection of essential drug list and database. Professionals and institutions for evidencebased evaluation and selection of essential drug list should be established to promote evidencebased evaluation and selection of National Essential Drug List and make more scientific decision.