Chinese Journal of Health Policy 2015;(7):55-60
doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2015.07.009
Medicine reference price system in Germany and its implication for healthcare payment stand-ard in China
Feng CHANG ; Penglei CUI ; Qiang XIA ; Jianyun ZHANG
Keywords
Medicine reference price system; Reference price groups; Co-payment; Payment standard
Country
China
Language
Chinese
Abstract
It is significantly important but difficult to establish healthcare payment standard system in case our country has cancelled government and government guidance prices. In 1989, Germany was the first country to intro-duce the medicine reference price system in Statutory Health Insurance. It does not only aim to regulate the medicine prices, but also defines a reimbursement level for a cluster of products considered to be therapeutically equivalent, and has a good influence on lowering the price of medicine. This paper systematically reviews the medicine reference price system in Germany, including four aspects:the reference price system overview, the reference price groups’ de-termination procedure, the reference prices calculation and the co-payment mechanisms. Based on the Germany refer-ence price system, we can establish healthcare payment standard in over-the-counter or chronic market first, then sci-entifically divide the reference price groups, formulate and adjust payment standard based on the market price, and perfect the co-payment mechanism to avoid moral hazard.
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