Price negotiations prompted reforms need to work together

Zhi-yong liu

09:42 May 24, 2016

Source: health network

In the name of the country for the first time to carry out price negotiations, the results were released will cause the attention of the society, we win the agreement the parties thumb up. This is the result of the 16 government departments synergy together. The interests of the government on behalf of the state and the vast majority of patients, with expensive patent medicine production enterprises to carry out negotiations, improve the efficiency and availability of the drug, was another step in the health reform success.

In drug price negotiations, and health care policy in cohesion, is directly related to the negotiations on the immediate interests of the enterprises and the vast majority of patients, and to a certain extent determines the results of national negotiations will achieve; Therefore, the medical insurance fund management departments to negotiate drug prices is the mainstream of the international practices. Reimbursement to in China to negotiate terms of patent medicine prices after exploration, just, negotiations main body is only a handful of individual provinces (municipalities).

Need to point out that three basic medical insurance system in our country has yet to achieve unified management mechanism, and covers most of the people of urban residents medical insurance and new farming was still in the stage of low level, wide coverage, safeguard level and the fund to bear ability is limited, these are really talks products directly, comprehensive practical difficulties facing into the health care. Medical, health care, medicine, belong to different government departments management, objectively increases the department coordination costs, also determines the drug price negotiations in China must be a difficult job.

Under the reality of our country, the realization of the drug price negotiations smoothly and results, truly policy coordination between different government departments to cooperate, is an indispensable factors, any one party is not active and can give the big picture of a huge resistance.

After the talks ended, will enter a specific connection with health care policy execution phase. Are all involved in the negotiations, the state administrative department of health has shown that the relevant departments to actively promote implementation. The public wants, in the face of price drop is so great good situation, measure and evaluate the health sector can over, on the basis of as soon as possible make corresponding policy adjustments, make more patients benefit from the result of the negotiations.

Also hope that public procurement countries negotiate drug can in local medical institutions to fall to the ground as soon as possible, and open to patients. Due to the country to negotiate drug prices generally more expensive, scientific and rational use of medical institutions, also needs the government department in charge of the management of the corresponding policies to make scientific adjustment, strict regulation on clinical drug use.

The important progress was made in the national drug price negotiations, proved that the department coordination in the process of the reform of related fields can play a huge role. Now, enhance the reform policy of systematic, holistic, collaborative has become a consensus, we are looking forward to also believe that the government departments will be more and more "gung ho".