The price of a tooth is related to people's livelihood

[Live · I am thinking] The price of "one tooth" is related to people's livelihood

　　"Growing all the teeth is equivalent to buying a house in the county" - this golden sentence from Li Xiaoli, a representative of the National People's Congress and dispatcher of Hefei Fenghua Auto Parts Co., Ltd., has touched the hearts of countless people, and even became a popular A metaphor often used to describe "expensive dental implants".

At this year's National Two Sessions, when talking about the three missing teeth, the representative Li Xiaoli told me that they have not yet had them, and they want to wait until the dental implants are "affordable".

　　Just recently, a document brought Li Xiaoli one step closer to planting "affordable teeth" - the National Medical Insurance Bureau issued the "Notice on Carrying out Special Treatment of Oral Implant Medical Service Fees and Consumables Prices (Draft for Comment)".

I saw in the circle of friends that Li Xiaoli reposted this for the first time, and said at the same time, "The collection of dental implants is already on the line."

　　Yes, people have been looking forward to the "opening" of centralized procurement, and the price of dental implants can be lowered by "exchanging price for volume".

Especially in 2020, after high-value medical consumables enter the national centralized procurement category, the average price of cardiac stents will drop from 13,000 yuan to about 700 yuan, and the average price of artificial joints will be reduced by 82%.

This wave of "national team" action, "group purchase" and "floor price" operation, makes the public full of expectations for the centralized procurement of dental implants.

　　However, in view of the unique clinical and commercial environment of dental implants, the centralized collection of dental implants was once called the "most difficult" centralized collection by industry insiders.

On the one hand, among the dental medical institutions, the number of public and private medical institutions is roughly “28”. If private medical institutions lack the motivation to participate, it will be difficult to increase the amount of centralized procurement; on the other hand, the overall cost of dental implants Among them, medical service fees account for about 40%, consumables account for about 25%, and the rest are hospital operating expenses. That is to say, if the price of consumables is only reduced, medical institutions can "make up for it" by increasing the price of medical services.

　　In response to the above difficulties, the draft for comments can be said to be prepared, which reflects the determination of the relevant departments to clench their teeth and gnaw on the "hard bones" of dental implant collection.

For example, in order to improve the coverage of dental implant centralized procurement, the draft for comments proposes that the Sichuan Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau will lead the establishment of an inter-provincial procurement alliance for dental implant consumables. Losses outside the embankment shall be compensated for within the embankment.” The draft for comments clarifies that price regulation should be carried out around the whole process of dental implants, reduce the high prices of dental implant medical services in public medical institutions, and strengthen the supervision and guidance of dental implant prices in private medical institutions.

　　The price of "a tooth" affects people's hearts.

　　After the above-mentioned draft for comments was swiped, many people in the industry felt that "the shot is very accurate and understands the market very well"; friends who have already planted "a car" in their mouth regret that they "planted too early"; People who are "persuaded to quit" and suffer from missing teeth are more concerned about how much the price of dental implants can be reduced in the future?

　　The previous pilot work in some places may provide some reference for the reduction of dental implants.

In April of this year, Ningbo, Zhejiang took the lead in launching the policy of limiting the price of dental implant medical insurance. In the catalog, each domestic consumable is 1,000 yuan, each imported consumable is 1,500 yuan, and the medical service fee is uniformly 2,000 yuan; Bengbu, Anhui also launched a similar policy. The average cost of internal consumables has been reduced by 84.17%, and the average price of medical services has dropped from about 10,000 yuan per piece to below 2,200 yuan.

　　"If you have good teeth, you will have good appetite. If you eat well, you will feel better." According to the results of the Fourth National Oral Health Epidemiological Survey, based on the average person's 30 teeth, the average person between 20 and 44 years old has 0.4 missing teeth, 55 The average per capita missing teeth in the 64-year-old group was 3.73, and the average per capita missing tooth in the 65-74-year-old group was 7.5.

A small dental implant is related to people's appetite and the happiness index of the people. Taking care of the price of "a tooth" reflects the feelings of the people and the temperature of people's livelihood, and it is also to satisfy people's yearning for a better life.

　　Of course, there is still a lot of work to be done to make "a tooth" affordable, good and good for the common people.

For example, at present, the implants in the Chinese market are still highly dependent on imports, and the number of dental medical staff is still in short supply for a long time. Support the development of national brand implant companies and speed up the training and supply of dental medical staff. All these must be kept up as soon as possible. .

　　Wang Weiyan