Healthcare Facilities May Be Fully Supported with Free Medicines

16:02, 11/07/2024

This is a notable content in Circular 31/2018/TT-BYT stipulating the implementation of the program of free medicine support for medical examination and treatment facilities to treat patients.

support for free-of-charge and partial-cost drugs are forms of drug support specified in Circular 31, each form having different scope and method of support, specifically:

- Free-of-charge drug support applies to all pharmaceutical items used during the treatment process within the commitment scope of the program for patients;- Partial-cost drug support applies to original brand-name drugs that are still under exclusive patent protection; or drugs that do not have generic drugs with the same active ingredients or dosage forms available in Vietnam. These types of drugs are intended for use in patients during treatment cycles, regimens, or after completion of certain treatment cycles, regimens.

See more at Circular 31/2018/TT-BYT effective from January 1, 2019.

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