Over 700,000 Moldovans benefit from compensated medicines in 2016

18:27 | 27.02.2017 Category: Social

Chisinau, 27 February /MOLDPRES/ – Over 700 thousand citizens benefited from compensated medicines in 2016, covered by compulsory health insurance funds, announced the National Health Insurance Company (CNAM) today.

According to CNAM’s press service department, the number of beneficiaries is increasing to 2015 by 118 thousand people and most of the service benefited children – over 220 thousand.

"Around 380 thousand people received subsidized medicines for cardiovascular diseases treatment (about 35.600 more than in 2015) and about 93.000 – oral anti-diabetic medicines and insulin (with 12 thousand more than in 2015). Also, over the past year there were issued 4.6 million prescriptions for subsidized medicines, with over 900 more. The total expenditure amounted up to 425 million lei, which consisted 50 per cent more than in 2015. The increase in expenses is due to extending the list of subsidized medicines and increasing the number of beneficiaries," reads a release of CNAM.

The largest share of subsidized medicines returned treatment of cardiovascular diseases (35.5 per cent) and diabetes mellitus (27.9 per cent). Currently, subsidized medicines list includes 134 common international items of medicines.

(Reporter P. Beregoi, editor L. Alcaza)

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