First of all, hospitals, as medical service organizations, need to bear high equipment, personnel and maintenance costs. Hospitals need to purchase all kinds of medical equipment and devices, including medical testing equipment, surgical instruments and medical consumables. At the same time, hospitals need to hire doctors, nurses and other professionals and provide them with training, benefits and insurance, which are also part of the hospital's costs. In addition, hospitals need to carry out maintenance and repairs at various costs, which also need to be included in the cost of the hospital.
Secondly, the price of drugs in hospitals is affected by drug manufacturers. Drug manufacturers need to bear various costs such as research and development, production, quality testing, etc., and these costs need to be recovered through the price of the drugs sold. In addition, drug manufacturers need to apply for drug approvals from government departments at all levels, which also requires certain costs. Therefore, in order to maintain their own production and operation, drug manufacturers must pass on their costs to the ultimate consumers, i.e. hospitals and patients.
Finally, hospital drug prices are also affected by health insurance policies. Medicare policy sets a ceiling on hospital drug prices, which makes it difficult for hospitals to make more profit on drug prices. However, hospitals may increase their charges in other areas, such as adding checkups or charging surcharges, in order to increase their profits.
Overall, there are many reasons for the high price of drugs in hospitals, including high hospital costs, cost shifting by drug manufacturers, and restrictions in health insurance policies. For consumers, they should use medicines rationally under the guidance of doctors to avoid abusing medicines resulting in unnecessary expenses. At the same time, the government should also strengthen the supervision of hospital drug prices to avoid excessive charges by hospitals and protect the interests of patients.