Cost-effectiveness Analysis of 4 Antibiotics in the Treatment of Nongonococcal Urethritis(Cervicitis) / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of4oral antibiotics in the treatment of nongonococcal ure?thritis(cervicitis)(NGU).METHODS:The clinical data on both the homemade and imported oral azithromycin and sparflox_ acin in the treatment of NGU were collected and the cost-effectiveness analyses of which were conducted.RESULTS:The cure rates of the homemade azithromycin and sparfloxacin and the imported azithromycin and sparfloxacin were89.6%and83.2%,95.5%and88.3%,respectively.The cost-effectiveness ratios of which were39and139,140and220,respectively.CONCLUSION:Both the homemade and the imported azithromycin and sparfloxacin can effectively treat NGU but the cost-effectiveness of the homemade azithromycin is superior the homemade sparfloxacin,and that of the imported azithromycin is superior to the imported sparfloxacin as well.