The average cost per day for a 30mg dose of Procardia XL was $1.28 and of Adalat CC was $0.95. The incremental cost of Procardia XL (30mg) was $0.33 which was statistically significant, (p<0.01). The average cost per day for a 60mg dose of Procardia XL was $2.28 and of Adalat CC was$1.68. The incremental cost of Procardia XL (60mg) was $0.60 (statistically significant, p<0.01). The average cost per day for a 90mg dose of Procardia XL was $2.32 and for Adalat CC was $1.88. The incremental cost of Procardia XL (90mg) was $0.44 which was statistically significant, (p<0.01, 90% CI).
The mean health care costs for the monitoring period (i.e. total inpatient hospital, outpatient hospital, emergency department use, physician office visits, medical services and all prescription medication excluding study drugs) were as follows:
30mg dose of Procardia XL was $630, Adalat CC was $765.
An incremental cost of $135 for Adalat CC which was not statistically significant, (p<0.05).
60mg dose of Procardia XL was $1,979, Adalat CC was $1,034.
The incremental cost of Procardia XL was $895 which was not statistically significant, (p<0.05).
90mg dose of Procardia XL was $409, Adalat CC was $879.
The incremental cost of Adalat CC was $470 which was not statistically significant, (p<0.05).