The "two-invoice system" refers to the drugs sold from the pharmaceutical factory to the first-level distributor to open an invoice, the distributor sold to the hospital to open another invoice to the "two-invoice" instead of the current common seven votes, eight votes, to reduce the circulation of the layers of exploitation, and each species of the The first-level distributors shall not exceed two.
In January 2017, the State Council Healthcare Reform Office, together with the National Health and Family Planning Commission and other eight departments, jointly issued a notice clearly, comprehensive healthcare reform pilot provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and public hospitals to take the lead in the implementation of pilot cities of public medical institutions to implement the "two-invoice" system of drug procurement, and to encourage the implementation of the "two-invoice" system in other areas. "The two-invoice system is encouraged to be implemented in other areas, with a view to further reducing the inflated prices of medicines and alleviating the burden of medicines on the public.
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Two-invoice system
For the implementation of the Representatives of hospitals and pharmaceutical companies are in favor of the "two-ticket system". The implementation of the "two-ticket system" can effectively reduce the circulation of drugs from the pharmaceutical company to the hospital, not only to improve the efficiency, but also to ensure the safety of medication, more conducive to the government's supervision of drugs, in addition to preventing some unscrupulous dealers to use some fake drugs, substandard drugs for low-priced competition, to combat the regular pharmaceutical companies.
The biggest beneficiary of the "two-invoice system" is still the patient, the intermediate link is reduced, the price of drugs will naturally come down. At the same time, the "two-ticket system" also ensures the interests of pharmaceutical companies, so some cheap old drugs can be placed in the hospital pharmacy. In the past, these cheap old drugs could not bring profits to the seven-vote and eight-vote dealers, so the drug companies had to stop production of these drugs, or change them into injections, and then multiply the price several times.
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