处方药价格:一个AAN立场声明
Jonathan D Santoro1, Jason J Sico1, James F Burke1
1From the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Children's Hospital Los Angeles (J.D.S.), CA; Yale School of Medicine (J.J.S.), Orange, CT; Ohio State Wexner Medical Center (J.F.B.), Columbus; Ochsner Health (K.S.), New Orleans, LA; American Academy of Neurology (M.T.), Minneapolis, MN; Texas Neurology (D.A.E.), Dallas; Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (J.T.J.), Boston.
Neurology
|February 9, 2024
概括
美国神经病学会 (AAN) 针对神经病症的处方药高成本问题. 他们倡导解决方案,确保患者获得负担得起,高价值的治疗.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
背景情况:
- 高昂的处方药费用对神经疾病治疗提出了挑战.
- 神经科医生的目标是以尽可能低的成本提供高价值的护理.
- 有几个因素导致药物价格上,包括不合理的增加和罕见病药物的高成本.
研究的目的:
- 确定美国神经病学会 (AAN) 关于处方药费用控制策略的立场.
- 告知决策者关于AAN在解决药物定价问题上的立场.
- 确保复杂,慢性神经疾病患者能够获得有效的处方药.
主要方法:
- 美国药物协会根据对当前药品定价挑战的分析,制定了一份立场声明.
- 该声明概述了AAN对高成本神经疗法的价值主张的担忧.
- 该AAN考虑了潜在的解决方案及其对患者和医疗保健系统的影响.
主要成果:
- 确定了三个主要的成本挑战:不合理的价格上,罕见病药物的高成本和非创新疗法的高成本.
- 表示关切的是,高成本并不总是相当于足够的患者或社会价值.
- 强调,如果不仔细管理,成本控制努力可能会对患者和处方医生的准入产生负面影响.
结论:
- 采取行动是必要的,以确保获得有效的处方药用于神经系统疾病.
- 建议的解决方案必须是负担得起的,简单的,透明的.
- 美国药物协会支持包括价格谈判,仿制药/生物类似药,新疗法开发,价格透明度和进口在内的战略.
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