VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S/W]

do more speaking and focus on more natural vocabulary and expression for professional medical english

Profile of Sarah Bai
1. Participated in multiple projects in the fields of oncology, policy analysis, with rich experience in medical insurance policy
2. Recent relevant project experience in new product pricing
3. Bachelor of Information Management & Information Systems, from Donghua University

The evaluations for listing in National reimbursement drug list (NRDL)
进入国家医保目录的路径和考虑因素
Ÿ Clinical considerations: Generally, price and efficacy are top two important evaluations for chronic common diseases, this is because chronic common disease usually affects a large patient size which means large budget impact. So far, the government have done some adjustment on drugs’ price and national reimbursement drug list. The prototype of NRDL adjustment has been developed. For a newly launched product, the government would like to see the superiority compared with old products as well as the competitive price, otherwise there is no reason to include the new drug. And compared to oncology disease, it is not so eager to include more drugs in NRDL for chronic cough, the government would rather like to save budget for oncology drugs, so the evidence of superior efficacy is critical
Ÿ Economic/economical ? considerations:
On the other hand, the budget impact on medical insurance fund is another key factor for listing in NRDL since the government are responsible for reasonable fund allocation.
For this product, it is indicated to patient who displayed symptom for over 1 year so the eligible patient size is limit which means a small impact for fund.

In most regions of China, the NRDL policy is only apply in inpatient, there is another reimbursement list that various among different regions for outpatients, and even some regions have no reimbursement for outpatients. And outpatient reimbursement usually are more restricted of among, dosage and patient condition etc. So it is not enough for us to list in NRDL successfully

The evaluations for listing in National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL)
进入国家医保目录的路径和考虑因素
Ÿ Clinical considerations: Generally, price and efficacy are the top two important evaluations for chronic common diseases, due to the fact that / this is because chronic common disease usually affects a large patient size / usually has a high prevalence which means a large budget impact. As of now / Currently / Presently, the government have made some adjustments to drug prices and national reimbursement drug list and the prototype of NRDL adjustment has been developed. For a newly launched product, the government require that new products are clearly superior to old products as well as having a competitive price, otherwise the new drug will be considered as not meeting requirements. Furthermore, compared to cancer, chronic cough drugs in NRDL are not a high priority and the government would rather save budget for oncology drugs, so the evidence of superior efficacy is critical.
Ÿ Economic considerations:
On the other hand, the budget impact on medical insurance fund is another key factor for listing in NRDL since the government are responsible for the reasonable allocation of funds.
For this product, it is indicated to / it’s necessary for / it’s suitable for / it’s designed for patients who displayed symptoms for over 1 year so the eligible patient size is limited which means a small impact for / on the fund.

In most regions of China, the NRDL policy only applies to inpatients, and there is another reimbursement list that varies across regions for outpatients. In addition, some regions have no reimbursement for outpatients and outpatient reimbursement usually is more restricted in terms of, dosage and prescription length with patient condition & severity of symptoms being a factor considered. So, it is not enough for us to simply list in NRDL (alone).

Vocabulary

abuse – used in a bad way / negative

misuse – not used correctly

economic = related to money / finances
economical = adj to describe the way you do sth / actions being more closely focused on budgeting etc (cheaper – cost effective
eg. making your own coffee is more economical than buying it in a cafe

Grammar

i am a 34 year old man
drug prices are always changing = the prices of drugs are always changing

multiplied by / divided by
plus / minus 

correlation between 2 things
eg. there is a correlation between students doing homework and students improving their English

criteria
requirements
standards 

life threatening / deadly

USA = initialism 
NASA = acronym
Min / Minimum = abbreviation 

USA stands for the United States of America

Pronunciation

superiority – soo peer ree or ri tee