This paper studies actual cost and standard cost of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)acupuncture treatment and compares them with the charge standards,which can provide a reference for adjusting the price standard of acupuncture treatment project in different levels of TCM hospitals in Zhejiang province.

This paper collected treatment cost and effectiveness data of Chinese medicine or western medicine in treatment of the same disease in grassroots medical institutions through retrospective study.Cost-effectiveness analysis was used to analyze treatment costs for the patients who were treated by Chinese medicine or western medicine with same treatment effectiveness.Chinese medicine service was cheap,which was proven by empirical research.Therefore,it was suggested to promote the utilization of Chinese medicine in grassroots medical institutions.