China Experts See Rising Drug Prices Jeopardizing Health System
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Experts on China report the country's health care system is in jeopardy because of soaring medical costs, including the price of drugs, which have gone unchecked for two decades. A report in the journal The Lancet attributed some of the costs to the price of medicines and treatments that in turn have caused hospitals to raise their prices to the point hospitalization can cost the annual income of some Chinese. The experts traced the rising costs faced by patients to a decline in state support for hospitals and doctors. (Click here for more