Perspectives on the Separation of Dispensary for Outpatients from Hospital / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To discuss the impact of the separation of dispensary for outpatients from hospital on patients,hospital and its staff.METHODS:The impact of the separation of dispensary for outpatients from hospital were discussed from aspects of hospital reimbursement mechanism of medical funds,medicine flow links,function of pharmaceutical care,patient's rights on drug choice et al.RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:In view of current unsound reimbursement mechanism,the high drug price was resulted from multiple medicine flow links and irrational pricing of drugs.Blindly separation of dispensary for outpatients from hospital would lead to supervision vacancy of dispensary for outpatients,loss of function of pharmaceutical care,furthermore,patients would not be benefited form the step,and unhealthy tendency(rebate)would be hard to wipe out,more importantly,it would affect the sustainable development of hospital.