Economic Evaluation of Treating Herpes Zoster with Various Methods of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Author: Li XW, Yang YK, Xie XM,et al
Summary:
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the cost effect of surrounding acupuncture plus
electric acupuncture, cotton-sheet moxibustion, puncturing with red-hot
needles, tapping plus cupping on herpes zoster.
METHODS: Five hundred patients with herpes zoster were randomly divided
into group A (surrounding acupuncture plus electric acupuncture), group B
(cotton-sheet moxibustion), group C (puncturing with red-hot needles),
group D (tapping plus cupping), and group E (Western medicine). The
treatment was carried out twice a day in group E and once a day in the
other four groups. The curative effect was observed on the 10th day of
treatment; the cost was calculated for the five therapies, and the
cost-effect ratio (C/E) and increment ratio (△C/△E)
were analyzed.
RESULTS: After the 10-day treatment, there was no statistical difference
(P>0.05) in the curative effect among the five groups. Pain being
alleviated one day faster than in group E amounted to a saving of RMB
21.90 yuan in group A, a saving of RMB 21.87 yuan in group B, a saving
of RMB 26.00 yuan in group C, and a saving of RMB 20.23 yuan in group D.
Compared with group C, the values of △C/△E were RMB
1.55, 2.81, and 0.21 yuan in groups A, B, and D, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: The curative effect in groups A, B, C, and D was similar to
that in group E, but the C/E was better than in group E.
Reference: J Traditional Chinese Medicine 2012 March 15; 32(1): 125-128 ISSN 0255-2922
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