Table 1.

Per patient costs of hospitalization for patients treated for pancreatic adenocarcinoma by a Whipple procedure, operative bypass or endoscopic palliation with stents. The cost of laparoscopy is added to each category. The cost of outpatient management of unresectable disease is constructed from an itemized list of costs, presuming no hospitalization after laparoscopy

Categories of cost	Whipple procedure, US$	Operative bypass, US$	Endoscopic palliation with stents, US$	Outpatient endoscopic palliation, US$
Hospital floor	11 631.63	6646.54	4679.76	N/A
OR or GI laboratory	4928.54	5309.02	2517.50	2517.50
Anaesthesia	1148.20	1551.00	219.12	219.12
Surgical pathology	614.27	385.80	See laparoscopy	See laparoscopy
Post-anaesthesia care unit	618.25	599.63	See laparoscopy	See laparoscopy
Blood bank	812.37	756.35	687.79	N/A
Chemistry laboratory	963.78	700.78	644.46	111.01
Microbiology laboratory	206.69	217.70	138.33	N/A
Pharmacology	3362.72	4153.53	2136.07	129.29
Respiratory	1212.08	991.02	N/A	N/A
Rehabilitation	623.90	645.81	280.97	N/A
Total	26 122.43	21 957.18	11 304.00	3415.14
Add laparoscopy	1538.61	1538.61	2966.25	2966.25
New total	27 661.04	23 495.79	14 270.29	5943.17

OR, operating room; GI, gastrointestinal; N/A, not applicable