Qilu One Point Reporter Ma Yushu Correspondent Deng Tianfu
On the morning of April 15, the province’s first “National Demonstration Site for Collecting Drugs into Clinics” was unveiled in Zibo. It is reported that the first batch of 1,272 village clinics in Zibo actively signed up to participate. Among them, 939 village clinics were equipped with more than 30 types of medicines, covering all districts and counties in the city. Pick up medicines.
According to the preliminary investigation of the Medical Insurance Bureau, some rural areas in Zibo City are located in remote locations, and most of them are middle-aged and elderly. Some patients need long-term treatment for chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. , medicines for common diseases, the village clinics generally have a few types of medicines, and some medicines have high prices, which cannot meet the normal purchase needs of the grassroots. On the basis of investigation and demonstration, the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau has promoted the work of “National Centralized Drug Purchase into Village Clinics” throughout the city.
73-year-old Sun Jiaping is one of the most direct beneficiaries. “I have been taking antihypertensive drugs for more than ten years. Usually, I have to go to the large hospital in the county town to buy medicines. “Being able to buy cheap medicines at home makes Sun Jiaping very gratified.
Among the 2456 village clinics in the city, 1272 village clinics participated. Among them, 939 village clinics are equipped with more than 30 types of drugs, including drugs for the treatment of hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and other chronic and common diseases.
Today, the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau also organized an on-site event to deepen the promotion of “National Centralized Drug Purchase into Pharmacies”, “The acarbose we often sell, we used to sell 64.5 yuan, now it only costs 5.4 yuan , and Polyvi used to be 75 yuan, and now it is 24.8 yuan, which greatly reduces the cost of buying medicine for patients.” Li Wenjie, manager of Zibo Hongrentang Tiancifu Store, said, “We have set up a centralized purchasing counter since the end of last year. And sales continue to increase. From January to March this year, our sales have reached more than 10,000 yuan. If these customers do not have our centralized purchasing policy, they will need to spend 39,000 yuan. With our preferential policies, they only need to spend more than 10,000 yuan. It will save 29,000 yuan for patients.”
It is understood that participating in the “National Centralized Drug Purchasing into Village Clinics” will set up sales counters in accordance with the “five unifications” standard, and sell them at the selected price for centralized procurement. Effectively promote the solution of the long-standing problem of the small variety of medicines in the village clinics and the high prices of some of them.
In order to promote the implementation of the reform of centralized procurement, last September, Zibo City took the lead in organizing the work of “National Centralized Drug Purchase into Pharmacies”. At present, the number of participating pharmacies has increased from 167 to 470. The types of drugs have increased from an average of 20 at the beginning to more than 40, which can save patients more than 15 million yuan in drug costs every year. This “national centralized drug purchase into village clinics” is a continuation of the “national centralized drug purchase into pharmacies” and is another innovative measure implemented by Zibo City.
At present, the state has completed the centralized procurement of 234 kinds of drugs in 6 batches, with an average decrease of 53%. Our province has carried out 2 batches of 87 kinds of medicines, with an average drop of 56%. Some drugs for the treatment of hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, tumors and other chronic diseases and major diseases have been greatly reduced in price, and patients have a clear sense of gain. In the past three years, the reform of centralized drug procurement has achieved breakthrough results and entered a new stage of normalized and institutionalized development.
This year, the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau will continue to promote the “national centralized procurement of medicines into pharmacies and clinics”, strengthen distribution and supply guarantees, further increase the number of participating pharmacies and village clinics, and increase the types of medicines equipped , to meet the needs of the people to buy medicines nearby.
“The purpose of carrying out the national centralized procurement of medicines into pharmacies and village clinics is to give full play to the price advantage of the national centralized procurement of drugs, expand the supply of the national centralized procurement of drugs, and promote the prevention and treatment of grassroots people, especially in rural areas. People in remote areas have a heavy burden of purchasing medicines and are inconvenient to buy medicines,” said Lu Hanming, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau.
In the future, the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau will take multiple measures to play a set of “combination punches” to continue to promote the extension of chronic disease medication and reimbursement services to rural areas.
“We must strengthen the supply guarantee and use monitoring of the national centralized drug purchase, improve the accuracy of supply, and give full play to the role of “national centralized drug purchase into pharmacies and village clinics” as a supply channel to continuously meet the The drug demand of the grassroots people will further improve the satisfaction of the masses.” Lu Hanming said.