Table 2.
The cost components of atorvastatin
| Cost item | Cost (dollars) | Cost item | Cost (dollars) | Cost item | Cost (dollars) | Cost item | Cost (dollars) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCU hospitalization fee | 78 | Fitness test | 19 | BS | 0.45 | CPK | 2.49 |
| General care units hospitalization fee | 61 | Laboratory tests | TG | 0.71 | SGOT | 0.63 | |
| Consultant visit fee | 3 | CBC Dif. | 0.74 | Cholesterol | 0.52 | SGPT | 0.63 |
| General practitioner visit fee | 3 | BUN | 0.41 | PTINR | 0.93 | ESR | 0.26 |
| Para-clinical services | Cr | 0.52 | PTT | 0.93 | |||
| Electrocardiograph | 3 | Na | 0.59 | Troponin | 2.45 | ||
| Echocardiography | 36 | K | LDH | 1.86 | |||
| Table 2 (continued) | |||||||
| Drug item | Cost (dollars) | Drug item | Cost (dollars) | Drug item | Cost (dollars) | ||
| 20 mg Rosuvastain | 0.148 | Enoxaparin | 3.72 | Captopril | 0.01 | ||
| ASA | 0.01 | Atorvastatin10 | 0.03 | Streptokinase | 9.29 | ||
| Clopidogrel | 0.29 | Ranitidine | 0.02 | Prescription costs | 0.2 | ||
| Metoprolol | 0.01 | Oxazepam | 0.01 | c | |||
CCU: Coronary care unit, CBC Dif: Complete blood count, BUN: Blood urea nitrogen, CR: Creatinine, NA: Sodium, K: Potassium, BS: Blood sugar, TG: Thyroglobulin, PTINR: Prothrombin time, PTT: Partial thromboplastin time, LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase, CPK: Creatine phosphokinase, SGOT: Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, SGPT: Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate