Kazakhstan Promises Personalized Free Medicine System by 2027
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Kazakhstan plans to change its approach to purchasing free outpatient medicines, Deputy Health Minister Timur Muratov said while answering journalists’ questions about spending on free drugs, Orda.kz reports.
The discussion followed reports that spending on free medicines had risen from 87.2 billion to 337 billion tenge, while some patients still choose not to use the medicines they receive and instead buy alternatives at their own expense.
Muratov acknowledged the problem and said that 3.4 million people in Kazakhstan currently receive free outpatient medicines.
Starting this year, we are moving to personalized requests. In other words, doctors will prescribe medicines for a patient, and we will purchase and provide exactly those drugs. This involves a digital platform, digital monitoring, and major work by SK-Pharmacy, medical organizations and doctors. This year we will transition to this system, and in 2027 we will provide patients with the medicines they actually need and were prescribed,the deputy minister said.
Muratov clarified that outpatient drug provision mainly concerns people with chronic illnesses, including cardiovascular diseases, arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease and diabetes. He noted that отказ from regular treatment in such cases can lead to complications and hospitalization.
According to the deputy minister, the new model will make it possible to tailor treatment individually, taking into account a patient’s condition, coexisting illnesses, weight, height and other factors.
Original author: Ilya Astakhov
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