Health and Family Planning Commission: drugs for some chronic diseases of the elderly will be free

Source: saibelan Author: situ Yangming April 3, 2015, the official website of the health and Family Planning Commission reported that the Department of Drug Administration organized a symposium on the full amount of basic drugs for the elderly over 65 years old at the grassroots level According to the official website, by the end of 2014, there were more than 130 million people over 65 years old in China The prevalence rate of chronic diseases of the 65 year old was about 53% The medical expenses were three times of that of the young people, accounting for 30% - 35% of the total medical expenses In recent years, some areas in China have explored and practiced the work of full guarantee of essential drugs for chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes for the elderly, so as to reduce the cost of drugs At this year's NPC and CPPCC sessions, a number of deputies put forward proposals on this issue In order to further improve this work, the Department of Drug Administration held a symposium on the full amount of basic drugs for the elderly over 65 on March 27, focusing on the importance, feasibility and progress of this work The directors of Drug Administration (machinery) departments of Guangxi, Gansu and other provinces (regions and cities) attended the symposium It is agreed that the promotion of this work is of great significance to the effective aging trend of the population, to reduce the burden of drug use for the elderly, to enrich the essence of essential drugs, to promote hierarchical diagnosis and treatment, and to drive down the overall medical cost How big is the free market? Search found that Zhu Wenchen, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of Furen pharmaceutical, had proposed a proposal on this In an interview with the media, he said that at present, it is feasible to give the elderly part of the basic medicine full coverage at the grassroots level Zhu Wenchen said that in 2013, China's per capita GDP was close to 7000 US dollars, and the total cost of health was 3.19 trillion yuan, including about 1.3 trillion yuan for drugs and about 1000 yuan for drugs According to the data of 2014 health and family planning statistical yearbook, the total drug cost of primary medical and health institutions is 85.6 billion yuan (excluding village clinics) More than 30 kinds of basic drugs for the treatment of common cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, stomach diseases and other chronic diseases in the elderly have been preliminarily determined by the geriatric branch of the Chinese Medical Association Relevant research estimates show that in 2013, the total cost of the use of these 30 kinds of fully guaranteed drugs at the national grassroots level was about 26 billion yuan, accounting for 30.4% of the total drug cost at the grassroots level, of which the use of the elderly accounted for about 60%, about 15.6 billion yuan Considering that the reimbursement rate of basic drugs at the grass-roots level is higher than 70%, about 10 billion yuan, and the financial subsidies at all levels are another 5-6 billion yuan, more than 30 basic drugs can be fully guaranteed at the grass-roots level Even though the implementation of the full amount guarantee policy for some essential drugs will release the potential drug demand of the elderly to a certain extent, which may further increase the cost by 10-20%, the overall increase should be controllable, and it is also conducive to promoting the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment, driving the overall medical cost down Niu Zhengqian, vice president of China Pharmaceutical Enterprise Management Association, said that free things are often the most expensive: social costs are too high, there are many corruption links, management efficiency is very low, waste will be very serious.. But behind the free supply lurks: huge financial allocation subsidies, distribution of dominance, power intervention and inefficient recruitment