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Cost-effectiveness Analysis of 2 Therapeutic Schemes in the Treatment of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Jian Shen

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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 groups:Group 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 effective rates of the2group were 88.4% and 86.0%(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.

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Key concepts: Cefuroxime, Medicine, Lower respiratory tract infection, Respiratory tract infections, Respiratory tract, Internal medicine, Therapeutic effect, Antibiotics