Thursday, June 11, 2015

Hospitals Association wants to expensive medications differently funded – NU.nl

80 percent of hospitals delivers more expensive drugs to his patients than they get reimbursed. This amount varies from a few tons to 4 million per hospital per year.

One hospital will cost afterwards reimbursed, but not the other.

“We want the best care deliver to each patient. But we must ensure that patients requiring expensive medications need they can not get, says NVZ chairman Yvonne van Rooy.

“That is why all parties should insist that these drugs differently funded be. All hospitals should be reimbursed afterwards the cost of these drugs. Hospitals, health insurers and the minister must act together in this. ”

Expensive medicines are under the NVZ an increasing cost. Every year, for example, new drugs in order to treat various cancers. The hospitals, therefore, constantly rising costs can not hold their own in the hand, according to the NVZ.

The results of the survey are introduced to the national committee, invited by the Ministry of Health through the cancer fund KWF is composed. The committee examines the accessibility of expensive drugs

By:. ANP

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