Table 5.

Estimated annual requirement of drugs per patient and annual cost of medication (in USD) for hypertension treatment with the use of selected protocols.

Protocol	Scenario	Treatment stage-wise control assumption	Approximate annual drug requirement per patient				Annual cost of medication per patient in USD
			Amlodipine 5 mg	Telmisartan 40 mg	Chlorthalidone 12.5 mg	Total pill requirement	Private sector	Private low-cost generic	Govt. program
Protocol 1: AATTC	1	30:30:20:10:10	621	219	37	876	47.61	8.09	3.00
	2	40:25:15:10:10	584	201	37	821	44.46	7.57	2.81
	3	50:20:15:10:5	548	164	18	730	38.10	6.46	2.32
	4	60:15:13:7:5	511	135	18	664	33.88	5.78	2.05
Protocol 2: ATTAC	1	30:30:20:10:10	438	402	37	876	58.44	9.57	3.89
	2	40:25:15:10:10	438	347	37	821	53.12	8.76	3.52
	3	50:20:15:10:5	420	292	18	730	45.68	7.50	2.94
	4	60:15:13:7:5	409	237	18	664	39.95	6.61	2.55
	Scenario	Treatment stage-wise control assumption	Amlodipine 5 mg + Telmisartan 40 mg SPC		Chlorthalidone 12.5 mg	Total pill requirement	Private sector	Private low-cost generic	Govt. program
WHO-HEARTS SPC protocol 3	1	30:30:30:10	456		37	493	68.83	9.89	3.98
	2	40:30:20:10	420		37	456	63.55	9.15	3.69
	3	50:20:25:5	383		18	402	56.84	8.09	3.23
	4	60:15:20:5	347		18	365	51.57	7.35	2.94

Exchange rate USD: INR used is 1:74.