Essential Drug Prices Artificially High Legal Regulation In Our Country

In recent years,rtificially high essential drug prices in our country has become a serious social concern. Although the government has increased the health insurance reimbursements and its coverage has expanded each year, medical insurance reimbursement remains low and patients still have burdened a large cost in this area. According to the statistics, in 2013 years, the average medical cost for patients was ￥206.4, inpatient medical expenses were ￥7442.3. drug costs acounted for 49.3 percent and 39.5% of the total cost respectively. The data of the "Minsheng series Survey of two sessions " conducted in January 2011 years, has shown that the high cost of drugs has become the biggest problem in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou and the residents believe that the biggest problem is expensive medical cost.The artificially high essential drug prices refers that the sales price still includes many non-price factors after deducting reasonable costs and profits,. artificially high prices of Essential drugs not only increased the economic burden of patients, but also seriously damage the healthy development of our pharmaceutical market. If we can effectively control the prices of essential medicines,it can largely alleviate the problem of expensive medical coast.Artificially high prices of essential drugs is a comprehensive problem. It involves many aspect,such as logistics management, economics, law.This article includes the legal point that the author believes the main problem in our law. then a brief analysis and some suggestions will be presented. In the essential drug price formation mechanism, the relevant departments and agencies should improve the price hearing system, expand the right to participate, supervise the public, and improve the management system of registration of new drugs. In terms of basic drugs circulation, government price departments should improve drug manufacturers cost of production methods of supervision. At the same time, the health administrative departments should strengthen the management of economic activities related to supervision.The government should establish a sound business model public hospital to completely cut off the direct economic link between income and sales of hospital medicine. Solve this problem of artificially high essential drug prices is a comprehensive project. to solve this problem,the departments and agencies mentioned above should join hands.