Table 1. Patients treated and annual budget of the Thai national antidote programme, 2011–2017.
| Year | Antidotes |
Antivenoms |
Total |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of patients treated | Budget, US$a | No. of patients treated | Budget, US$a | No. of patients treated | Budget, US$a | |
| 2011 | 49 | 142 000 | NA | ND | 49 | 142 200 |
| 2012 | 106 | 422 000 | NA | 2 233 357b | 106 | 422 000 |
| 2013 | 402 | 407 000 | 964 | 651 393 | 1366 | 1 058 393 |
| 2014 | 466 | 204 000 | 4966 | 1 675 677 | 5432 | 1 879 677 |
| 2015 | 191 | 252 000 | 6234 | 1 114 286 | 6425 | 1 366 286 |
| 2016 | 317 | 283 000 | 6824 | 1 140 286 | 7141 | 1 423 286 |
| 2017 | 269 | 223 000 | 6648 | 1 450 690 | 6917 | 1 673 690 |
NA: not applicable; ND: not determined; US$: United States dollar.
a One United States dollar was equivalent to approximately 35 Thai baht between 2011 and 2017.
b The average total annual cost of individual hospitals purchasing antivenoms during 2011 and 2012.