In China, A Province's Drastic Price Cut Model Is Being Modified To Fit A Nationwide System: A Look At The Anhui Model

SHANGHAI - Since China's healthcare reforms started in 2009, the central government has been encouraging local government to pilot different tender models for essential drugs to reduce public medical expenses. Anhui Province's tender system became a successful example by reducing essential drug prices an average 40-50% last year, and now the central government is implementing a single supplier procurement system, the so-called Anhui model, nationwide