End of this year China will initial establishment of a national essential drug system

 China news agency, Beijing, January 10 - Chinese Health Ministry spokesman Deng Haihua 10, said that China will be the end of this year, the initial establishment of a national essential drug system, reducing the burden of public administration. Consolidate and expand the scope of the national essential drug system.

him here at the regular press conference that the national essential drug system will basically cover the government-run primary care health institutions, the implementation of zero sales slip; encourage qualified where the village health and non-government-run primary care health facilities into the scope of the basic drug system. Other types of medical institutions are also required to use basic drugs, and constantly improve the national essential drug system.

He disclosed that China will adjust and improve this year, the National Essential Drugs List (primary use of part), to better meet the basic needs for drugs, in a timely fashion to develop new work of the national essential drug list . At the same time establish and improve the national essential drug procurement mechanism to regulate the procurement and distribution of work, the establishment of drug price information database.

Deng Haihua, said to strengthen the management of essential drugs with the use of the Ministry of Health will organize the national essential drug formulary guidelines and clinical training.