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Table 2 Unit costs and quantity of resource utilization due to PCa, Stockholm region, 2016 (€)

From: The economic burden of prostate cancer – a Swedish prevalence-based register study

Inpatient care - by DRG

No. Patients

No. Episodes

Source

Unit cost/Case (€)

Source

 N01N Radical prostatectomy

647

647

SPBR

10,730

Price list from Stockholm region [28]

 N05N Transurethral resection of prostate

57

57

4269

 N10C Testes malignancy, operation (OR) procedures, with complications

8

8

6051

 N30C Reproductive system malignancy, OR procedures, with complications

5

5

6001

 N30E Reproductive system malignancy, OR procedures

4

6

6001

 N40C Reproductive system malignancy, other procedures, with complications

198

253

5647

 N40E Reproductive system malignancy, other procedures

52

55

4186

 N05N Transurethral resection of prostate (Non-primary)

16

16

4269

 R40C Radiation therapy, with complications (Non-primary)

64

92

7590

 R40E Radiation therapy (Non-primary)

76

118

6206

Outpatient care - by DRG

No. Patients

No. Episodes

Source

Unit cost/Case (€)

Source

 N32O Reproductive system malignancy, OR procedures

3

3

SPBR

814

Price list from Stockholm region [28]

 N40O Reproductive system malignancy

813

1929

482

 N75O Biopsy, male genitalia, including consultation

426

436

664

 N99X Team consultation for diseases of male genitalia

135

214

476

 N99O Specialist consultation for diseases of male genitalia (Non-primary)

31

39

388

 X11O Radiation therapy, resource-intensive (Non-primary)

381

9650

515

 X12O Radiation therapy, including preparatory measures (Non-primary)

568

624

415

 X14O Radiation therapy, less resource-intensive (Non-primary)

286

4499

249

Primary care

No. Patients

No. Visits

Source

Unit cost/Visit (€)

Source

 GP visit - Diagnostic testing

82,066

101,041

SPBR

74

NBHW, Price list of Stockholm and Southern region [30,31,32]

 GP visit – Monitoring testing

18,908

39,481

74

Palliative care

No. Patients

No. Days

Source

Unit cost/Day (€)

Source

 Hospice/palliative inpatient care

127

2257

SRPC [45]

722

[42,43,44]

 Home support - daily contact of home service

1

225

13

[44]

 Home support - Specialised home-care team

52

3006

355

[42, 43]

 Nursing home – permanent

37

4618

209

[42]

 Nursing home - short-term

11

400

209

[42]

Pharmaceuticals(Prescribed)- by substance

No. Patients

 

Source

Mean cost/Patient (€)

Source

 L01CD02 – Docetaxel

2

 

SPBR

1174

SPBR, PDR [46]

TLV [40]

 L01CD04 – Cabazitaxel

0

  

 L01DB07 – Mitoxantrone

0

  

 L02AA02 – Polyestradiol phosphate

89

 

831

 L02AE01 – Buserelin

22

 

565

 L02AE02 – Leuprorelin

2102

 

1138

 L02AE03 – Goserelin

318

 

1792

 L02AE04 – Triptorelin

454

 

640

 L02BB01 – Flutamide

81

 

231

 L02BB03 – Bicalutamide

3098

 

184

 L02BB04 – Enzalutamide

264

 

16,984

 L02BX02 – Degarelix

4

 

326

 L02BX03 – Abiraterone

78

 

15,416

Informal care

No. Patients

No. Hours

Source

Mean salary/Hour (€)

Source

 Severely limited in daily activity - outside

2530

495,558

SHARE [47], SPBR

28

SCB [48]

 Severely limited in daily activity - inside

439

98,979

28

 Terminally ill

153

49,697

28

Productivity losses - morbidity

No. Patients

No. Days

Source

Mean salary/Day (€)

Source

 Short-term sick leave

265

17,893

FSK

225

SCB [48]

 Long-term sick leave

7

1649

225

Productivity losses - pre-mature mortality

No. Patients

No. Years

Source

Gross earning/Year (€)

Source

 Pre-mature mortality

17

4.32

SPBR, NBHW [49]

56,930

SCB [48]

  1. DRG Diagnosis related group, FSK Swedish Insurance Agency, GP General Practitioner, NBHW National Board of Health and Welfare, OR operation, PDR Prescribed Drugs Register, SCB Statistics Sweden, SHARE Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, SPBR Stockholm PSA and Biopsy Register, SRPC Swedish Register of Palliative Care, TLV Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency