The two are different concepts:
Volume-based centralized purchasing is the abbreviation of the centralized and volume-based procurement of drugs organized by the state. It can be understood as large-scale "group purchasing" or "group buying". To be more straightforward, it means that the state purchases a relatively large quantity of drugs or medical equipment from pharmaceutical companies at a relatively low price at one time for everyone to use.
The main objects of its procurement are mature generic drugs and medical device products (such as the volume purchase of coronary stents in November). The focus is to promote the price reduction of homogeneous products, so the prices are kept low. Very tragic.
National negotiations refer to the fact that relevant state agencies negotiate with pharmaceutical companies on price and purchase volume, and ultimately decide whether to include relevant products of pharmaceutical companies into the scope of medical insurance. If a product passes the negotiation , is included in medical insurance, then when we buy this type of medicine in the future, we will be able to enjoy reimbursement.
The national negotiated varieties are medical insurance negotiated varieties, which mainly include drugs within the patent period or exclusive drugs into the scope of medical insurance. Although the price bargaining will be relatively mild, overall it is still relatively fierce.
Features
There are price advantages for customers who don’t have much time or some customers who have higher requirements (there are relatively few such customers on the forum). Not every customer will spend a lot of time learning knowledge, and not every customer knows where to buy things at a cheaper price. Many customers even only visit shopping malls, so the group buying prices are indeed cheaper than shopping malls.
There are some customers who go to the market. Many customers can’t find them in the market. There are many and mixed businesses. If you find a good one, it may be cheaper. If you don’t find a good one, the price will still be higher after half a day of negotiation. Is it more expensive? However, for this kind of customers, there is still a principle. Don’t be blind when buying in a group. You don’t even know what you want and just pay a deposit when you see the group buying. You must at least know what you want.