The MOHLTC established the formulary in 1974 in consultation with the ministry's external expert drug advisory committee, the Drug Quality and Therapeutics Committee (DQTC), that provides independent and specialized advice to the Minister of Health and the Drug Programs Branch on drug-related issues.
"We don't have the ability to control drug costs, because the state doesn't have the ability to establish a formulary," said Jim Edge, Oregon's assistant state Medicaid director.
Second, under the single-payer system of NHI, Taiwan has established a national formulary (positive list), which includes all drug products (~21,000 products) subject to reimbursement by NHI.
On November 15 , 2005 AHW established a new formulary restriction policy for quinolones (entitled "optional special authorization" (OSA) (Additional file 1)) where physicians could voluntarily enroll and become a designated quinolone prescriber, and at the same time, AHW added two new quinolones (gatifloxacin and moxifloxacin) to the formulary.
This well-established formulary meets WHO standards for national formularies and is based on a broad range of expert opinion.
Medication formulary was established by the STMM.
Australia's PBS was established as a free formulary of essential drugs after the Second World War by the Curtin-Chifley federal administrations[ 16].
Permit Medicare to establish a national formulary to negotiate drug costs.
Instead of establishing a national formulary with standard drug prices, the way many countries do, the U.S. government allows private insurance plans to negotiate with drug providers.
In Canada and elsewhere, in recognition of the fact that resources for health care (including drugs) are constrained, formularies have been established to maximize the health of the population from available resources.
In the People's Republic of China, cost per QALY thresholds for drug-formulary decision making have not been established.
