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. 2019 Sep 5;6(10):ofz389. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz389

Table 2.

Purchase Costs of Carbapenem from 2012 to 2017

Year Actual cost USD Adjusted cost USD
2012 $440 581 $493 952
2013 $319 396 $477 604
2014 $226 791 $408 716
2015 $231 861 $429 100
2016 $239 388 $495 581
2017 $141 205 $300 957

The actual cost includes the cost of switching to generic drugs and takes changing drug prices into account.

The adjusted cost is calculated based on the drug price in April 2012.