Table 7. Costs (RMB) of standard treatments with anti-diabetic LPGs.

Generics	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	0.034	0.028	153	126.0	3.46	2.85	0.81	7.02	5.78	0.72
Glibenclamide	5	0.007	0.008	1.05	1.2	0.02	0.03		0.05	0.06
Gliclazide (30 mg)	30	0.017	0.021	15.3	18.9	0.35	0.43		0.70	0.87
Gliclazide (80 mg)	80	0.003	0.004	7.2	9.6	0.16	0.22		0.33	0.44
Glimepiride	2	0.610	0.625	36.6	37.5	0.83	0.85		1.38	1.72
Glipizide	5	0.086	0.090	12.9	13.5	0.26	0.31		0.59	0.62
Metformin	1000	0.0005	0.001	15.0	30.0	0.34	0.68		0.69	1.38
Pioglitazone	30	0.146	0.162	131.4	145.8	2.98	3.30		6.03	6.69
Repaglinide	2	1.380	1.327	82.8	79.62	1.87	1.80		3.80	3.65
Mean		0.25	0.25	50.56	51.35	1.15	1.16		2.32	2.36

*: paired t tests.