Objective To investigate and compare the demands of dosage forms and specifications of essential medicine for children in different levels of medical institutions, so as to provide references for selection of essential medicines for children by levels of medical institutions. Methods In 13 provinces or municipalities, 104 medical institutions, including tertiary, secondary and primacy medical institutions, were investigated by questionnaires. Kinds of drugs, dosage forms, requirement types and requirement levels of drugs were analyzed and compared in different levels of medical institutions. Results Tertiary medical institutions had higher demands than other levels of medical institutions for the number of drugs types, dosage forms and level of demand on each drug (P < 0.05), secondary medical institutions were higher than primacy medical institutions (P < 0.05), but community health service centers were the same as township health centers. Conclusion The demands of dosage forms and specifications of essential medicine for children in different levels of medical institutions are different. So future studies should develop the essential medicines list for children depend on different levels of care.
ObjectiveTo build the list of appropriate dosage forms and specifications of essential medicines for children which is subsistent abroad and absent in China. MethodsBased on the authoritative data and expert consultation, we established the selection methodology which included the standard of essential medicine for children, the standard of appropriate dosage for children, the standard of appropriate specifications for children, the standard of urgent classification, the standard of urgent level. ResultsThe list of appropriate dosage forms and specifications included 61 medicines which included 20 dosage forms and 112 specifications. 112 specifications included 27 specifications which belong to level Ⅱ, and 85 specifications which belong to level Ⅲ. ConclusionThe established list can be included by the green channel.