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. 2023 May 31;53:67–77. doi: 10.1016/j.euros.2023.05.003

Table 2.

Mean NHS costs and MCD for PDD-TURBT and WL-TURBT by cost category over 3 yr (2018–2019 values)

Item MCPP, £ (standard deviation)
MCD per participant, £ (95% CI)
PDD-TURBT WL-TURBT
Total NHS costs 12 927 (10 994) 11 934 (8235) 993 (−724 to 2709)
Intervention
First TURBT
Length of operation 92 (45) 84 (75) 8 (−3 to 19)
Drugs in theatre: Hexvix 323 (89) 1 (22) 321 (310 to 333)
Length of stay 2914 (4189) 2546 (2959) 369 (−272 to 1009)
Postoperative instillation of MMC 521 (446) 554 (440) −33 (−111 to 45)
Subtotal 3851 (4153) 3185 (2964) 666 (28 to 1303)
Second TURBT
Length of operation 89 (53) 77 (51) 11 (−5 to 28)
ubtotal 89 (53) 77 (51) 11 (−5 to 28)
Total intervention costs 3879 (4157) 3210 (2967) 669 (31 to 1308)
Follow-up management (1 yr)
Secondary care
Inpatient stay 2363 (4970) 2469 (4591) −106 (−953 to 740)
Cystectomy 854 (2,863) 920 (2962) −67 (−582 to 449)
Resection surgery
 Length of operation 11 (28) 15 (32) −4 (−10 to 1)
 Length of stay 168 (367) 222 (402) −54 (−122 to 14)
 Cystoscopy 1559 (1077) 1437 (1011) 122 (−63 to 307)
Hospital doctor consultation
 Telephone 1 (6) 1 (7) 0 (−1 to 1)
 Out of hours 4 (25) 9 (46) −5 (−11 to 2)
 Outpatient consultations (face to face) 787 (786) 805 (829) −18 (−161 to 125)
 A&E consultations (face to face) 57 (306) 41 (125) 16 (−25 to 57)
Subtotal 5804 (6649) 5920 (,323) −116 (−1264 to 1032)
Primary care
Face to face
 GP consultations 34 (60) 33 (58) 1 (−10 to 11)
 GP home visits 14 (61) 14 (114) 0 (−16 to 16)
 Nurse consultations 24 (61) 27 (70) −3 (−15 to 8)
 Nurse home visits 22 (89) 19 (76) 3 (−12 to 18)
Telephone consultations
 GP-led 4 (14) 5 (18) −1 (−4 to 2)
 Nurse-led 5 (12) 5 (15) 0 (−2 to 2)
 Other 1 (5) 2 (10) −1 (−2 to 1)
Out-of-hours consultations
 GP 4 (31) 3 (22) 1 (−4 to 6)
 Nurse 6 (41) 4 (31) 2 (−4 to 9)
 Other 2 (17) 1 (11) 1 (−2 to 3)
Subtotal 116 (195) 114 (228) 2 (−36 to 40)
Follow-up management (2–3 yr)
Secondary care
Inpatient stay 955 (6438) 552 (2995) 403 (−483 to 1288)
Cystectomy 245 (1545) 280 (1651) −36 (−319 to 248)
Resection surgery
 Length of operation 10 (26) 4 (18) 5 (1 to 9)
 Length of stay 139 (334) 61 (225) 78 (28 to 128)
 Cystoscopy 1279 (1287) 1267 (1323) 13 (−218 to 244)
Hospital doctor consultation
 Telephone 15 (44) 12 (36) 3 (−4 to 10)
 Out of hours 4 (45) 14 (194) −11 (−36 to 15)
 Outpatient consultations (face to face) 9 (38) 15 (50) −6 (−14 to 2)
 A&E consultations (face to face) 4 (21) 3 (23) 1 (−3 to 5)
Subtotal 3089 (7492) 2639 (4557) 451 (−644 to 1546)
Primary care
Face to face
 GP consultations 15 (44) 12 (36) 3 (−4 to 10)
 GP home visits 4 (45) 14 (194) −11 (−36 to 15)
 Nurse consultations 9 (38) 15 (50) −6 (−14 to 2)
 Nurse home visits 4 (21) 3 (23) 1 (−3 to 5)
Telephone consultations
 GP led 2 (10) 2 (23) −1 (−4 to 3)
 Nurse led 2 (7) 2 (8) 0 (−2 to 1)
 Other 0 (3) 0 (1) 0 (0 to 1)
Out-of-hours consultations
 GP 1 (9) 0 (4) 0 (−1 to 2)
 Nurse 1 (9) 1 (18) 0 (−3 to 2)
 Other 1 (14) 1 (12) 0 (−3 to 2)
Subtotal 38 (101) 52 (257) −14 (−48 to 21)
Total follow-up costs 9048 (10 071) 8724 (7677) 323 (−1259 to 1906)

A&E = accident and emergency department; GP = general practitioner; MMC = mitomycin C; NHS = National Health Service; TURBT = transurethral resection of bladder tumour; PDD-TURBT = photodynamic diagnosis–guided TURBT; WL-TURBT = white light–guided TURBT; MCD = mean cost difference; MCPP = mean cost per participant; SD = standard deviation; CI = confidence interval.