Must the national essential medicine be the national medical insurance?

There is no obvious difference in safety, effectiveness and cost-benefit ratio between national essential drugs and medical insurance drugs, and national essential drugs have stronger attributes in "prevention and control is necessary, supply is guaranteed, and priority is given to use".

The Opinions on Improving the National Essential Drugs System issued in September 2065438+2008 proposed that the medical insurance department should give priority to the use of therapeutic drugs in the qualified national essential drugs list or adjust the classification of Class A and B according to procedures. Therefore, there is a cross between national essential drugs and medical insurance drugs. But there are some differences between them, but they are as follows:

1, the national essential drugs and medical insurance drugs list formulation departments are different.

National essential drugs are formulated by the National Health and Wellness Commission, and the list of medical insurance drugs is formulated by the National Medical Insurance Bureau.

2, the national essential drugs and medical insurance drugs list version is different.

The latest version of national essential drugs is 20 18, and the latest version of medical insurance drug list is 20 17.

3. The number of drug lists is different.

The total number of national essential drugs has increased from 520 to 685, including 4 17 western medicines and 268 Chinese patent medicines. On the basis of covering major clinical diseases, we will focus on diseases such as cancer, childhood diseases and chronic diseases. The new varieties include 12 kinds of anti-tumor drugs, 22 kinds of drugs urgently needed by children in clinic, and the first and only new drug recommended by WHO to treat hepatitis C in the world.

Medical insurance drugs are divided into class A and class B. There are 3 15 varieties of western medicine, 8 18 varieties of class B, 35 varieties of Chinese patent medicine 135, and 792 varieties of class B. Industrial injury insurance drugs are not divided into class A and class B. ..

4. Different provinces and cities have different local adjustment policies.

National essential drugs shall not be adjusted in other provinces and cities except for national adjustment. The list of medical insurance drugs is divided into Class A drugs and Class B drugs, and Class B drugs can be adjusted locally.