TABLE 2

Statutory health insurance costs for outpatient therapy in adults: medication (no isoniazid resistance)

Medication#Costs/day (rounded)CostsCosts post-hospital stay (minus 25 days)
Rifampicin+€2.59€466.20€401.45 (155 days)
Isoniazid§€0.34€61.20€52.70 (155 days)
Ethambutolƒ€1.55€93.00€54.25 (35 days)
Pyrazinamide##€1.56€93.60€54.60 (35 days)
€714.00€563.00

#: Based always on the smallest pack available for the necessary minimum period of treatment. The daily therapy costs are calculated from the quotient between the intake quantity stated in the dosing instructions and the pack quantity and multiplied by the number of treatment days. : Based on an average treatment period of 180 days for isoniazid and rifampicin; 60 days are taken for pyrazinamide, ethambutol and streptomycin using the recommended maximum dose in each case. +: Eremfat 600 Tbl., one tablet taken once a day as instructed (maximum dose 600 mg). §: ISOZID comp 300 Tbl., one tablet taken once a day as instructed (maximum dose 300 mg). ƒ: EMB FATOL 400 Tbl., four tablets taken once a day (maximum dose 1600 mg). ##: Pyrazinamide JENAPHARM 500 Tbl., five tablets taken once a day (maximum dose 2500 mg).