CHINA PH ARMACY Volume 33，Number 4，February 28，2022 Semimonthly Table of Contents Empirical study on the influential factors of the drug complaint and reportin g system in China / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To improve the drug complaint and reporting system in China ，and to provide reference for improving the social multi-component governance level of the drug safety. METHODS Taking Guangdong province as an example ， literature review ，questionnaire survey ，structural equation model and other methods were used to analyze influential factors of the drug complaint and reporting system ，such as “Internet+”approach，drug quality ，specialized drug knowledge ，complaint and reporting procedures ，complaint and reporting methods ，complaint and reporting motivation ，governmental reward ，administrative review or litigation. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS A total of 3 375 questionnaires were received ，all of which were valid ；the vast majority of respondents lived in Guangdong province. The results of the empirical analysis of the influential factors of drug complaint and reporting system showed that the path coefficients of “Internet + ”approach and specialized drug knowledge ， complaint and reporting procedures ，complaint and reporting methods were all greater than 0.9，indicating“Internet+”promoted the transformation of the way and behavior of complaint and reporting. It is suggested that the design of the drug complaint and reporting system should not only attract the public to participate in drug complaint and reporting ，but also cultivate the public ’s management capacity through the approach of internet ， standardize professional anti-counterfeiting behavior ， promote the institutional reform of “digital government ”，and appropriately adjust the work responsibilities of drug regulatory department ，so as to reduce the number of drug complaint and reporting in China ，and optimize the drug safety governance system.