What's the difference between drugs sold in hospitals and drugs sold in pharmacies outside?
(1) The two varieties are different in composition.
The supply of drugs operated by hospital pharmacies is guaranteed, focusing on meeting the needs of basic medical services and safe and effective clinical medication; The varieties of retail pharmacies are selective and focus on maximizing commercial profits. Hospital pharmacy and retail pharmacy are two kinds of drug sales terminals with almost completely different properties and uses, which are irreplaceable from the aspects of the types of drugs they operate, the composition of varieties (some hospitals do not have drugs, but retail pharmacies do), the price level and the ability to provide pharmaceutical services.
(2) Generally speaking, the supportability of hospital pharmacy.
Drugs in hospital pharmacies are all purchased in a unified way, such as online procurement and bidding procurement. Moreover, many factors should be considered, such as variety restrictions, whether to enter the medical insurance catalogue or the national essential drugs catalogue, national drug price linkage, medical insurance DRG payment, 4+7 quantity procurement, etc. This is very complicated. But one thing is certain, compared with the drugs in retail pharmacies, the quality of drugs in hospital pharmacies will be more guaranteed (relatively speaking).
Which medicine is cheaper, the medicine sold in hospitals or the medicine sold in pharmacies?
Public hospitals to break? Take medicine to support the doctor? In the current medical reform process, the implementation of zero price difference of drugs has reduced the medical burden of patients and alleviated the problem of difficulty in seeing a doctor to some extent. Therefore, as you can see, due to the zero price difference of drugs, many drugs in public hospital pharmacies are indeed cheaper than those in retail pharmacies outside. There is a premise here: drugs with the same generic name, manufacturer and dosage must be used for comparison. Of course, it does not rule out that many medicines in hospitals are more expensive than those in outside pharmacies.
But in reality, many patients still go to the retail pharmacy next to the hospital to buy medicine. First of all, this is because many people have an old idea that medicines in hospitals are definitely more expensive than those in retail pharmacies outside. Second, due to the national drug policy, some drugs are in short supply in hospitals, while some drugs happen to be available in retail pharmacies outside. Third, the national drug laws and regulations have restrictions on the amount of prescriptions, and you can't prescribe too many drugs at a time, while the retail pharmacies outside are generally not strict and casual. Fourth, there are generally more patients in hospitals, and it is generally necessary to queue up to get medicine in hospital pharmacies. Some patients are afraid of trouble, so they go to the retail pharmacy outside to buy medicine.
In short, hospitals and pharmacies have their own advantages in buying medicines, but it should be noted that buying medicines is not like other items. You can buy whatever you want. Be sure to choose appropriate drugs under the guidance of doctors or pharmacists, and pay attention to usage and dosage to prevent adverse drug reactions.