Cost-effectiveness Analysis of 2 Therapeutic Schemes in the Treatment of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To probe into the economic-effectiveness of different therapeutic schemes in the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections(LRTI).METHODS:86cases of LRTI were randomly divided into 2 groupsGroup A received intravenous cefuroxime sodium while Group B received intravenous cefuroxime sodium and oral cefuroxime axetil sequential therapy.Cost-effectiveness of the 2 schemes was analyzed.RESULTS:The costs of the 2 therapeutic schemes were 677.60 yuan and 439.58 yuan(P0.05)respectively;the cost-effectiveness ratio of the 2 were 7.67 and 5.11 respectively.CONCLUSION:Scheme B was better than Scheme A in the treatment of lower respiratory tract infection.