Cost and Amount of Consumption of Four Sorts of Drugs in Shanghai in the Years 1994～1999 / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To understand the trend of cost and amount of consumption of antihypertensives,antidiabetics,antipsychotics and antibiotics in Shanghai.METHODS:The data of above-mentioned 4 sorts of drugs were collected from analysis system of drug-use of Shanghai in 1994～1999.The cost of each sort of drug was calculated in term of fixed price of 1994 and the amount of consumption was discount to DDDs.RESULTS:The total cost and total amount of consumption of these 4 sorts of drugs assumed a tendency towards increase and the growth rate of the former exceeded that of the latter.Antibiotics were the highest in cost;antidiabetics and antipsychotics were the highest in growth rate;antihypertensives were maximum in amount of consumption and antidiabetics were the highest in growth rate of consumption.CONCLUSION:In Shanghai,the total cost of these four sorts of drugs increased rapidly and the prices of drugs rose year by year.The spectrum of diseases has changed to some extent.