医療用医薬品の流通に関するモデル分析

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In this paper, we shall examine modernization of the medical supplies distribution system in Japan, which is said to need immediate reform. The Japanese medical supplies distribution system has been very complicated and hard to understand. Therefore, the Ministry of Health and Welfare introduced the new distribution system, which is consisted of the new price system, "Shin Shikirika Seido", and the new medicine price computation method, "Shin Yakka Santei Houshiki". We investigate the meaning of the distribution reform in the paper, focusing in particular on the influence of the new price system. We argue that: (1) Manufacturer profit depended on the amount of the compensation money to the wholesaler before the reform. If the compensation was above a certain amount of money before the reform, manufacture, profit increases after the reform. (2) After the reform, wholesaler profit increases. (3) The medicine price margin of each medical organization decreases after the reform. We conclude that the distribution reform was an effective means to decrease "medical price margin" income of medical organizations and restrain overdosing. Moreover, we find the fact that the new distribution system can possibly yield more profit for the manufacturer and the wholesaler than under the older system.
日本経営学会の論文
1998-03-10