Analysis of provincial centralized bidding and procurement of drugs in China / 中国卫生政策研究

ABSTRACT

Objective:To improve the centralized bidding and procurement of drugs in China .Methods:By u-sing literature review , comparative analysis and field investigation , this study collected and analyzed implementation plans and regulations of the centralized bidding and procurement of drugs in 2015 .Results and Conclusions:Progress of centralized bidding procurement practice was mixed and there were differences in the scope of implementation , quality level classification , evaluation system of double envelope bidding , and other aspects among provinces .The government should give full play to the role of medical insurance department in drug procurement and group purcha -sing , develop a relatively comprehensive drug quality evaluation system , and speed up the evaluation of the consisten-cy of generic drugs .