Analysis of the "Regulation of Drug Price Difference (Trial Implementation)" in China / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for perfecting the "Regulation of Drug Price Difference" issued by National Development and Reform Commission.METHODS:To review the drug price management course in China,analyze the effects and limitations since the initiation of "Regulation of Drug Price Difference" in 12 hospitals in Beijing and put forward suggestions for its improvement.RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:"Regulation of Drug Price Difference" has contributed to the formation of unified and standard evaluation criterion and computation method or even the holistic evaluation system in drug pricing management,the lowering of the costs of human factors and administrative management in drug price management and the improvement of the governmental pricing efficiency.However,efforts should be taken to improve the unreasonable drug price difference coefficient and computation method and so on.