Mean prices of cell-cultured rabies vaccine (1 dose) for pre-exposure prophylaxis in selected countries.

1Obtained from the World Development Indicators database, World Bank, accessed 1 February 2012.2Prices in India and Sri-Lanka are those in private international clinics. Rabies vaccine can be obtained also from government designed anti-rabies centers in India, but almost exclusively for post-exposure prophylaxis at an average price of 8 USD per intramuscular dose. Rabies vaccine in public sector in Sri-Lanka is free and used only for post-exposure prophylaxis.3Price in Spain is that in private clinic. The vaccine can be obtained for free in national centers.4Price in the People's Republic of China is an average of prices in public and private sectors (47 USD in government designed anti- rabies centers, usually for post-exposure prophylaxis, (cost index = 62) and 93 USD in private international clinics (cost index = 123). Price in the special administrative region of Hong-Kong (77 USD, cost index = 17) was not considered is the present study.