From Siemens bribery case huge mystery of medical costs

From the United States Department of Justice file disclosed that from 2003 to 2007, Siemens Medical Group paid a total of approximately 1440 m in bribes to China 5 hospitals offering bribes to get 2.95 million in medical equipment orders.

In addition, Siemens also to 231 independent hospital sales project pay $ 9 million in bribes.

Perhaps, this list of bribes will let people understand why go to the hospital to see a disease will consume a yearly income of farmers, a person who is ill to a well-off family ruined.

Excessive use of medical devices in hospitals, not only increased the burden on patients, but also make it difficult for medical expenses is even more inadequate. From customs statistics, 2007 China medical device imports 42.82 billion. But when the Central Government is only used for medical and health expenses, which is $ 664.31 is not hard to understand?

Visible, the hospital between "arms race" has become a common phenomenon in medical industry, Siemens bribery cases reveal, you allow the public to see around medical equipment procurement chain of interests.

It is reported that China's annual medical device and equipment spending of approximately $ 8 billion and an annual 15% annually. Siemens medical device market in China is not the only vendor, as long as the relevant departments of the thorough medical bribery case, there will be the second, third, Siemens company.

Excessive use of medical devices, as well as the proliferation of medical bribery to medical expenses like Sesame high medical costs but where mystery.

In the future, no matter which direction the health care reform, health care costs must be transparent, that is to reduce the cost of medical services, explains the "expensive" basic premise. Obviously, the significance of bribery against medical care not only to eliminate medical device market, maintaining fair competition, and also helps to reduce medical costs to find medical costs. Related departments should be the case as the entry point, thorough medical and bribery, as the future of health care reform, Foundation of the premise.