Why is there a price difference for drugs?

Although the price of drugs in hospitals is usually zero, the cost of drugs in hospitals includes many aspects, such as drug procurement cost, inventory management cost, labor cost, equipment cost, distribution cost and so on. In addition, in order to ensure the safety of patients and the therapeutic effect, hospitals need to take a series of quality control measures, such as drug quality inspection and inventory management, which will increase the cost of hospitals.

In addition to hospital costs, drug prices are also affected by supply and demand, patent protection, government regulations and so on. Drug manufacturers can control market supply through patent protection and other means, thus raising prices; Government regulations may also interfere with and adjust drug prices, thus affecting drug prices.

In addition, the cost of medical services is not only the cost of drugs, but also the use cost of medical equipment, the salaries of doctors and nurses, the operating costs of hospitals and other expenses. Therefore, although the price of hospital drugs is zero, the proportion in the whole medical service is not very large, and hospitals need to ensure the quality and safety of medical services through these expenses.

In short, the price of hospital drugs is affected by many aspects, and the cost of medical services is not only the cost of drugs, so although there is no price difference, the price of hospital drugs may still be higher.