Beijing Compensates Two Hospitals Testing Hospital-Drug Separation
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Public hospitals Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital and Beijing Friendship Hospital will test a program to separate drug sales from hospitals this year.
Public hospitals Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital and Beijing Friendship Hospital will test a program to separate drug sales from hospitals this year. To compensate for their losses, the Beijing government will fully fund their expenditures on construction, purchase of facilities, R&D, staff retirement, public hygiene maintenance, emergency handling, and provision of public health services. The program is intended to encourage the correct use of medicines in health institutes by eliminating drug sales from their sources of income. Beijing aims to set reasonable prices for medical services and drugs within the next five years. (Click Here For More - Chinese Language
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“Two Public Hospitals Testing Drug-Hospital Separation Compensated In Seven Areas”- info.pharmacy.hc360.com (3/14/2012)