Table 2.
Knowledge level of hospital pharmacists about the NEMS
| Items | Correct answers n (%) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public secondary/tertiary hospitals | Primary healthcare institutions | Overall | ||
| Q10. The official implementation time of NEMS is 2009. | 455 (86.7) | 156 (87.2) | 611 (86.8) | 0.869 |
| Q11. National Essential Medicines List (NEML) is adjusted every 2 years in principle. | 113 (21.5) | 38 (21.2) | 151 (21.4) | 0.934 |
| Q12. There are a total of 307 drugs in the latest version of “National Essential Medicines List”. | 319 (60.8) | 107 (59.8) | 426 (60.5) | 0.816 |
| Q13. Essential medicines are for provincial centralized procurement and unified distribution | 415 (79.0) | 132 (73.7) | 547 (77.7) | 0.141 |
| Q14. Zero mark-up policy is implemented in the NEMS. | 461 (87.8) | 141 (78.8) | 602 (85.5) | 0.003 |
| Q15. Medicare insurance reimbursement of essential medicines is the same as non-essential medicines. | 404 (77.0) | 137 (76.5) | 541 (76.8) | 0.909 |