Table 4 The costs and cost-effectiveness in each group, urban and rural

From: Effects and cost-effectiveness of a guideline-oriented primary healthcare hypertension management program in Beijing, China: results from a 1-year controlled trial

 

Urban

Rural

Analysis

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

ITT analysis

 Cost ($)

    

Anti-hypertensive drugs

8964.1

13 241.0

5082.4

7515.1

Salary costs of primary healthcare providers

379.3

223.1

227.5

133.9

Training

906.1

0.0

1002.8

0.0

Administration

797.4

425.3

894.0

531.6

CMR

50.7

50.7

50.7

50.7

 Total ($)

11 097.6

13 940.1

7257.5

8231.3

 Average cost per patient ($)

79.3

99.6

51.8

58.8

 Incremental cost per patient ($)

 

−20.3

 

−7.0

PP analysis

 Cost ($)

    

Anti-hypertensive drugs

7042.2

8929.4

4908.8

6464.8

Salary costs of primary healthcare providers

379.3

223.1

227.5

133.9

Training

906.1

0.0

1002.8

0.0

Administration

797.4

425.3

894.0

531.6

CMR

38.8

30.4

47.8

41.0

 Total ($)

9163.8

9608.2

7080.9

7171.3

 Average cost per patient ($)

85.6

114.4

53.6

63.5

 Incremental cost per patient ($)

 

−28.7

 

−9.8

  1. Abbreviations: CMR, case management records; ITT, intention-to-treat; PP, per-protocol.
  2. The exchange rate for RMB (Ren Min Bi) against 100$ was 827.72 in 2002.