Cost-effectiveness Analysis of 3 Kinds of Chinese Patent Drugs for Treatment of Insomnia / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To analyze the cost-effectiveness of3kinds of Chinese patent drugs in the treatment of insomnia outpatients.METHODS:78outpatients with insomnia were randomly divided into group A,group B and group C,and they were treated with shumian capsule,sweet dream capsule and compound semen ziziphi spinosae capsule,respectively,then,cost-effectiveness analysis was carried out with pharmacoeconomics.RESULTS:The per capita costs(C)for group A,B and C were288.20yuan,163.08yuan and139.22yuan respectively,the reduction in PSQI scores(E 1 )were5.15,8.88and11.84respectively,the effective rates(E 2 )were26%,46%,and64%respectively;The average cost-effect ratios C/E 1 were55.96,18.36,and11.76respectively;C/E 2 were11.08,3.55,and2.18respectively;The increment of the cost-effect ratios?C/?E 1 for group A and B were—22.27and—8.06respectively;?C/?E 2 were—3.92,—1.33respectively,as compared with group C.CONCLUSION:Compound semen ziziphi spinosae capsule is more economical in3drugs in treating insomnia outpatients.