Asian Journal Of Social Pharmacy

Abstract: Objective To study whether the new restrictions on the medical insurance catalogue have restricted the drug use in the actual operation; whether it can reduce or avoid the overuse of drugs through the investigation into a certain hospital so as to provide a data base for the adjustment of medical insurance catalogues in the future. Methods Data before and after the adjustment of catalogues was collected to compare the change of drug use before and after the adjustment through calculating the drug consumption and drawing the tendency chart by excel 2010 software. Results and Conclusion The use of Xi Yanping, Shu Xuening and Xing Naojing injections was influenced by the adjustment of medical insurance catalogues. The use of the first two drugs was influenced more obviously, while the other drug use was affected slightly. The newly added restrictions on the medical insurance catalogues had a control effect on some drugs, especially on the drugs which have a wide range of clinical use. While restrictions had less impact on the drugs with more strict supervision.

Key words: medical insurance catalogue, traditional Chinese medicine injection, drug use restriction