In recent years, China's imported medical devices have continued to grow. In 2013 and 2014, the value of imports was US$14.975 billion and US$15.771 billion, respectively, up 20.07% and 5.32% year-on-year. From January to July of this year, the value of Medical Equipment imports in Jinan, Shandong alone reached US$41,484,300, an increase of 39.66% over the same period last year. In the face of the continuous growth of imported medical devices, the related issues arising from this need to be paid attention to.
The main reason for the continued growth of imported medical devices
In recent years, the state has increased the public health system and the construction of urban communities and rural primary health care systems year by year. A large number of new and expanded medical institutions have strong demand for equipment.
The trend of informatization and networking in the medical field has led to an increase in demand for sophisticated medical devices such as intelligence, imaging, and digitization. In terms of high-end medical equipment, there is still a big gap between domestic products and developed countries.
At the moment when instrumentation and treatment has become the main means, medical institutions have imported medical devices, especially high-end imported medical devices, as a priority to enhance their strength and enhance their competitiveness.
With the further deepening of medical reform, the scale of China's medical device market has expanded rapidly, driving the import of medical devices.
Related issues arising from imported medical devices
Control the high-end products, the price is long and high. In the field of medical devices in China, including the high-end equipment market such as CT, ultrasonic and nuclear magnetic resonance, more than 80% are monopolized by foreign-funded enterprises, and some areas can even reach 100%. The prices of GM, Philips and Siemens medical equipment in China are generally 50% to 100% higher than in the country of origin. For example, Tomo radiotherapy equipment in Europe, the United States, Japan, etc. is more than 2.5 million US dollars per set, but in China It is more than $5 million per set.
Bundle the use of consumables and impact the domestic industry. Dealers usually use the "free gift equipment, bundled consumables" marketing model for inspection equipment. Although the hospital has obtained advanced medical equipment for free, it has had a huge impact on the domestic high-end medical equipment industry . Taking the hemodialysis machine as an example, the price of bundled consumables is at least 100 yuan higher than that of ordinary consumables, so that foreign brands can charge at least 120,000 yuan per year from a hemodialysis machine, and import a hemodialysis machine. Only 120,000 yuan to 150,000 yuan.
Monopolize the after-sales market and obtain major profits. The profits of foreign brands in China's medical device market are mainly divided into sales profit and after-sales maintenance profit, which account for 25% and 75% respectively. Most foreign-funded enterprises do not provide maintenance related documents to buyers in order to monopolize the after-sales market and earn high profits. At present, the annual warranty price of large-scale equipment such as CT machines and nuclear magnetic resonance instruments in various hospitals has increased from 6% of contract fees to nearly 15% more than a decade ago.
Increasing medical costs has intensified the "expensive medical treatment." Some hospitals spend high prices to purchase and maintain equipment. In order to recover costs and make profits as soon as possible, doctors are often encouraged to use the imported equipment with more expensive diagnostic costs to perform “big inspections†on patients, resulting in aggravation of patients. At present, whether the "big inspection" will replace the previous "big prescription" after canceling the drug addition will become a common concern of patients.
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