Table 7.

Calculation of the costs of the UVPR and PVPR policies.

Expenses	UVPR	PVPR
Total number of VP replacement procedures	911	1520
Cost of all VPs (350 euro per single VP)	318–850 euro	532–000 euro
Cost of all 1-day hospitalizations for VP replacement (275 euro per day of hospitalization)	250–525 euro	418–000 euro
Total extra days of hospitalization due to fistula complications	1820	436
Cost of all 1-day hospitalizations for VP replacement (275 euro per day of hospitalization)	500–500 euro	119–900 euro
TOTAL COST	1 069–875 euro	1 069–900 euro

VPR, voice prosthesis replacement; UVPR, unscheduled voice prosthesis replacement; PVPR, prophylactic voice prosthesis replacement.