Research on the Government Regulation of Drug Price
-- Case of Shenzhen
ABSTRACT
The constant increase of medical cost is one of common challenges encountered by most countries in the world in the area of the medical service,of which virtually high drug price is the important factor.Government introduced price controls on drugs is the basis of improve the medicine supply system,and also the key issues of ensure the smooth implementation for Medical and health system.
Price controls on drugs in China has gone from full control to the fully open,and then to gradually control,Pharmaceutical Research and reform of price control is going on all along. Some systems,such as constraint price reduction,the drug centralized bid procurement and government-fixed price,may reduce the virtually high drug price to some extent,however,the publIc seems not to feel the real benefit,it appears double-failure for market adjustment and government regulation on drug price.
As a opening up city that at the forefront of reform,Shenzhen has its own characteristics in the government control on drug prices,now has been preliminary formed Implementation of ideas,such as medical separation,Reform using drugs to supplement medical income's mechanism.This paper made from the drug price control background and significance, theoretical basis and development process these three areas,depth analysis the root of high drug prices,summarized Shenzhen government controls drug prices 's measure and problems.Link with ShenZhen's situation,give some feasible recommendations and countermeasures.Through research on ShenZhen’s regulation of drug price, provide advice to other cities in China.
Key words:Drug price Government regulation Shenzhen Policy recommendations