Economic Burden of Drug Use in Patients with Acute Burns: Experience in a Developing Country

Table 1

Cost of drug use in management.

Prescribed group of drugs	Average cost of acquisition per patient ($^∗)	Range of drug acquisition cost per patient ($^∗)	% of total cost for drugs
Antibiotics	76.87	7.29–358.21	84.3
Analgesics	10.12	0.04–57.43	11.1
Sedatives	0.64	0–2.15	0.7
Tetanus prophylaxis	0.72	0.72	0.8
Anti-ulcer regime	0.70	0–4.80	0.8
Accessories	2.14	2.01–2.42	2.3
Total cost for all drugs	91.21	13.42–420.86	100.0

^∗United State Dollar