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

Table 7

Outcome comparison after PSM: Xiyanping combination versus penicillin.

Variable	Xiyanping combination		Penicillin		P
	N	%	N	%
Length of hospital stay	8.33±3.51		8.69±3.56		0.384
CRP difference	44.20±53.48		-4.68±9.35		0.076
Neutrophil proportion difference	24.18±21.34		-2.57±6.87		0.027
Neutrophil count difference	4.03±3.26		-1.35±5.14		0.127
White blood cell count difference	3.27±2.66		18.22±40.37		0.513
Treatment effect
Cure	21	15.1%	27	19.4%	0.341
Turn for the better	30	21.6%	36	25.9%	0.398
Not cured	3	2.2%	2	1.4%	0.652
Unknown	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	0.316
Death	80	57.6%	68	48.9%	0.149
Others	4	2.9%	6	4.3%	0.519