Quick comment| consumables collection to relieve the "pain of dental implants"

The executive meeting of the State Council held a few days ago decided to "normalize and institutionalize the centralized procurement of drugs and high-value medical consumables to further reduce the medical burden on patients", which particularly emphasizes "expanding the collection of high-value medical consumables, and collecting orthopedic consumables, drug balloons, dental implants, etc. that are of concern to the masses at the national and provincial levels." ”

The incidence of oral diseases is high, the coverage is wide, the cost of treatment is high, and the nursing and rehabilitation cycle is long... What is the solution to the dilemma? The inclusion of high-value medical consumables in the collection is a big step forward.

Zhongyan Puhua released the "2021-2025 China Stomatological Medical Industry In-depth Research and Investment Research Consulting Report", which predicts that there will be 866 private stomatological hospitals in mainland China in 2021, accounting for more than 83% of stomatological hospitals. In fact, many contents of oral medical treatment are not included in medical insurance, and private hospitals have independent pricing power, while there are many patients, and the supply and demand of doctors and patients are uneven, which is easy to breed huge profits. In life, the treatment of teeth is often tens of thousands. Where is it expensive? The cost of dental disease treatment is mainly composed of three parts: consumables, medical surgery and nursing medicine. At present, the consumables used in private hospitals are mostly imported products, taking "bone meal" as an example, the price per gram is far more expensive than gold, so whether this is value for money, or strange goods, or inflated profits, it is difficult to distinguish, but to treat dental diseases have to pay for it.

The collection of high-value medical consumables is a key step in breaking the situation and treating dental diseases, and while including public hospitals, more private hospitals should be encouraged to participate in order to reverse the current situation of high-priced dental diseases. First of all, at the policy level, a mechanism system adapted to the current situation of supply and demand of doctors and patients with oral diseases should be built to squeeze the space for huge profits from the source; secondly, at the supply chain level, under the framework of supply-side structural reform, establish and improve and optimize the raw material supply, manufacturing, logistics and distribution, sales and consumption system of oral medical equipment and consumables, so as to realize the localization of the whole product in the whole process and return the price to the value itself; finally, based on the improvement of the first two factors, Strive to adjust the supply and demand relationship between dental doctors and patients to a reasonable operating range, so that people can no longer stop when treating oral diseases, especially when solving dental problems.　　

Article/Guangzhou Daily commentator Li Ji

Photo: Guangzhou Daily New Flower City reporter Mo Weinong

Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor Hu Jun