Table 6. Costs (RMB) of standard treatments with original brand anti-diabetic medicines.
| Originators | Dosage per day (mg) |
Median price per mg | Cost for a duration | Day’s wages to pay for treatment for urban residents | Day’s income to pay for treatment for rural residents | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public | Private | Public | Private | Public | Private | P* | Public | Private | P* | ||
| Acarbose | 150 | 0.049 | 0.035 | 220.5 | 157.5 | 4.99 | 3.57 | 0.09 | 10.11 | 7.22 | 0.09 |
| Glibenclamide | 5 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | ||
| Gliclazide (30 mg) |
30 | 0.063 | 0.0533 | 56.7 | 47.97 | 1.28 | 1.09 | 2.60 | 2.20 | ||
| Gliclazide (80 mg) | 80 | 0.016 | 0.0131 | 38.4 | 31.44 | 0.87 | 0.71 | 1.76 | 1.44 | ||
| Glimepiride | 2 | 2.597 | 1.9334 | 155.82 | 116.004 | 3.53 | 2.63 | 7.15 | 5.32 | ||
| Glipizide | 5 | 0.556 | 0.5286 | 83.4 | 79.29 | 1.89 | 1.80 | 3.83 | 3.64 | ||
| Metformin | 1000 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 90 | 60 | 2.04 | 1.36 | 4.13 | 2.75 | ||
| Pioglitazone | 30 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | ||
| Repaglinide | 2 | 1.428 | 1.667 | 85.68 | 100.02 | 1.94 | 2.26 | 3.93 | 4.59 | ||
| Mean | 0.67 | 0.61 | 104.36 | 84.60 | 2.36 | 1.92 | 4.79 | 3.88 | |||
/: No value, the original brand medicines were not available.
*: paired t tests.