Research Article

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Xiyanping Injection (Andrographolide Sulfonate) for Treatment of Adult Community Acquired Pneumonia: A Retrospective, Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study

Table 1

Characteristics at baseline before PSM: Xiyanping combination versus penicillin.

VariableXiyanping combinationPenicillinP
N%N%

Sample size1436.2%217493.8%
Age (y), mean ± SD58.64±18.7764.46±16.31<0.001
Gender
 Male7552.4%113752.3%0.025
 Female6847.6%103747.7%0.025
Marriage
 Widowed64.2%542.5%0.074
 Married11781.8%184885.2%0.001
 Single2014.0%26312.1%0.095
 Divorced or others00.0%50.2%0.607
Occupation
 Peasants1815.5%102650.9%<0.001
 Employment6152.6%58629.1%<0.001
 Unemployment00.0%100.5%0.447
 Retirement10.9%1286.3%0.016
 Unknown3328.4%1959.7%<0.001
 Others32.6%713.5%0.592
Comorbidities
 Yes32.1%170.8%0.099
 No14097.9%215799.2%0.099
CRP difference51.14±52.0444.41±57.950.529
Neutrophil proportion difference78.52±11.9173.90±13.110.067
Neutrophil count difference7.12±2.596.79±4.420.535
White blood cell count difference9.04±2.808.78±5.160.656