The Pharma subdivision reaches the most vulnerable patients with its drugs in four ways: (1) selling generic drugs, which are priced lower than originator drugs thus promoting affordability, (2) selling...
The last decade has witnessed two interesting features in international trade. First, high-tech products have become the fastest growing segment of international trade. Second, developing countries are...
Health insurance both voluntary and government sponsored is of relatively recent origin in the Maldives. In September 2011, the President announced an initiative to achieve universal health insurance for...
This paper examines the financing, pricing, and utilization of pharmaceuticals in China the pharmaceutical system as it has evolved, and some changes that would improve it in the context of the national...
Compared with developed economies, health expenditure in China is not particularly high on a per capita basis or as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Similarly, pharmaceutical expenditure in comparative...
本文论述了中国的药物筹资、定价和使用 — 在中国不断发展的药物制度,以及在国家医改进程中完善药物制度所需的部分变革。文章在简要介绍之后,具体论述了中国目前的药物市场、国家基本药物制度,以及在控制不断上涨的药品支出方面的不懈努力。文章最后一节讨论了推动药物制度改革进程的几点想法。
This paper examines the financing, pricing, and utilization of pharmaceuticals in China the pharmaceutical system as it has evolved, and some changes that would improve it in the context of the national...
在中国,基本药物政策已经存在差不多20年了,却始终无力有效运行。在国家医疗卫生改革方案中,重提这一概念是一个很大的进步。本文讨论了几个需要克服的结构性障碍,其中最主要的问题就是供方支付体系。基于最近的改革经验,人们已经讨论到了改革基本药物体系需要注意的几个关键问题,其中包括试点本身的价值、如何选择基本药物、集中采购、零差价政策和医药分离等等。仿制药政策将刺激市场提供高质量、低成本的仿制药,从而从总体上提高供给能力,同时又保证药品价廉物美。本文最后前瞻性地介绍了要想成功实施以低价仿制药品为支撑的基本药物政策所必需的一些关键因素。
Compared with developed economies, health expenditure in China is not particularly high on a per capita basis or as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Similarly, pharmaceutical expenditure in comparative...
In large measure, this is due to the relatively low level of public health spending in the country (about 3.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008) that underlines the significant gap between...
This knowledge brief presents the key findings of a recent World Bank report on, 'health insurance and competition'. The report examines whether competition helps multiple insurers better manage health...
The ongoing financial and economic crisis has hit hard the lives of citizens in Eastern Europe and Central Asian (ECA) countries. Economic growth has started to dip, unemployment is rising and government...