公立部门或健康保险制度都不能负担得起供应或报销市场上可获得的所有药物。基本药物的选择有助于为药物系统的各个方面确定重点。当和国家临床准则相结会时,它是确保获得基本药物和促进合理使用药物的一个重点步骤。主要政策问题是: 采用基本药物概念以便为政府参与药物部门确定重点; Neither the public sector nor the health insurance system can afford to supply or reimburse all the medicines available on the market. The choice of essential medicines helps to set priorities for all aspects of the drug system. It is a key step in ensuring access to essential medicines and promoting the rational use of medicines when linked to national clinical guidelines. The main policy issues are: adopting the concept of essential medicines to set the priorities for government involvement in the pharmaceutical sector;