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. 2012 Mar 28;12:82. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-82

Table 2.

Main unit costs and prices

Items Unit costs and prices Sources of information
Hospitalization (per day) 760,14€ Hospital Managers
Biopsy 51,45 € [19,20]
Consultation (external) 68,73€ [19,20]
Radiotherapy (per session) 94,21€ [19,20]
Chemo-therapy(per milligram of drugs) Caelix 17,74€ Hospital pharmacists
Carboplatin 0,21€ Hospital pharmacists
Cisplatin 0,32€ Hospital pharmacists
Deticene 0,03€ Hospital pharmacists
Doxorubicin 0,71€ Hospital pharmacists
Etopophos etoposide 0,16€ Hospital pharmacists
Gemcitabine 0,17€ Hospital pharmacists
Holoxan 0,07€ Hospital pharmacists
Ifosfamide 0,10€ Hospital pharmacists
Imatinib 0,24€ Hospital pharmacists
Melphalan 0,01€ Hospital pharmacists
Navelbine 1,91€ Hospital pharmacists
Oxaliplatin 3,92€ Hospital pharmacists
Paclitaxel 2,25€ Hospital pharmacists
Vincristine 7,16€ Hospital pharmacists
Transfusion (per pack) Ps 121,33€ [19,21]
Red blood cell 104,57€ [19,21]
Imaging(per exam.) Chest radiograph 22,49€ [19,20]
Colonoscopy 121,58€ [19,20]
Computed Tomography 83,20€ [19,20]
Ultrasound 50,48€ [19,20]
Magnetic Resonance Imaging 139,50€ [19,20]

Relapse-free survival three years after diagnosis was taken as the indicator of effectiveness. Mean relapse-free survival was calculated for CPG-compliant and non compliant groups.