Table 2 Cost of single day treatment (USD) for commonly diagnosed infections at TASH with antibiotics purchased from public and private pharmacies (median prices)
Infection | Daily cost of antibiotics for standard treatment (in USD) | |
|---|---|---|
Public pharmacies | Private pharmacies | |
Sub-acute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) | 1.2 | 2.6 |
Amoebic liver abscess | 3.2 | 3.6 |
UTI-acute, uncomplicated | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Meningitis | 17.5 | 30 |
Sepsis | 0.8 | 1.2 |
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) | 1.0 | 2.4 |
Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) | 29.7 | 54.9 |
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis | 1.0 | 2.4 |
Diarrhea (when antibiotic treatment indicated) | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Rheumatic fever | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Toxoplasmosis | 0.1 | 0.1 |