The purchase price and retail price of the drugs purchased in each province are sent to the county and city price bureaus in the form of documents, which are forwarded to the Health Bureau, which will notify the government-run medical institutions and the primary medical units implementing the basic drug system. Some provinces are available on the price website.
For-profit medical institutions as well as pharmacies can be exempted from the national essential drug listed purchase price, as long as it is within the maximum retail price is legal.