Rétvári: Patients Saved Over HUF10bn On Drugs In Five Years
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
Reforms in Hungary’s drugs fund saved over 10 billion forints (EUR 32.2m) for patients since 2011, with price cuts on 760 drugs in the past two years, human resources ministry state secretary Bence Rétvári said. The government has focused on reducing patients’ spending on drugs ever since 2010 and, due to the measures introduced, burdens decreased annually, he said.
Contrary to the period preceding 2010, when the sector was characterised by a business approach, the government in office gives priority to the interests of members of the public, he said.
In 2014, prices were cut by 9.7% for 311 products, followed by another 9.7% cut for 390 products in 2015, while the latest price cut in April this year averaged at 13.6% and affected 59 drugs.
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