Open AccessExperience in applying the effectiveness audit methodology in order to save budget funds for the purchase of medicines in the UK
Author(s) -
С. С. Бударин,
N. V. Yurgel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
rossijskoe konkurentnoe pravo i èkonomika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2542-0259
DOI - 10.32686/2542-0259-2020-2-82-87
Subject(s) - audit , order (exchange) , business , government (linguistics) , accounting , population , finance , public economics , economics , medicine , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy
The article examines the experience of the national audit office of the United Kingdom in conducting an audit of the effectiveness of budget funds aimed at providing medicines to English citizens. The reasons for the sharp increase in budget expenditures for providing the population with reproduced medicines in 2017—2018 are described in detail. The article analyzes the shortcomings of the system of regulation of drug pricing procedures and the resulting risks to the budget of the national health system in United Kingdom. It is concluded that the effectiveness audit has allowed us to identify not only the reasons for significant overspending of the NHS budget to provide the population with medicines, but also to assess the actions of organizations authorized by the UK Government to address issues of regulation of the pharmaceutical market.