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. 2025 May 17;13(3):617–629. doi: 10.1007/s40487-025-00345-3

Table 2.

Cost inputs

Drug cost per infusion, € Administration cost per infusion, € Dosing schedule Source
Drug costs
 Avelumab 800 mg (IV) 2605.36 192.93 2 infusions per 4 weeks Z-index, Franken et al. 2018 [28], avelumab summary of product characteristics [8]
 BSC 0 0 NA Assumption
Unit cost, € PFS frequency PD frequency Source
Resource costs
 Oncologist visit 305.47 1 per month 1 per month ZIN costing manual
 Home-care 70.85 1 per month ZIN costing manual
 GP home visit 61.08 1 per month ZIN costing manual
 Terminal care costs 6545.71 Upon death NZA DBC zorgproducten
 Informal care costs 17.10 6 h 10 h ZIN costing manual
 Travel expenses 6.91 1 per month 1 per month ZIN costing manual

BSC best supportive care, DBC drug treatment combination, GP general practitioner, IV intravenous, NA not applicable, NZA Nederlandse zorgautoriteit, OS overall survival, PD progressive disease, PFS progression-free survival, ZIN Zorginstituut Nederland