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. 2014 Dec 19;14:984. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-984

Table 2.

Base-case cost estimates ($, year 2013 values) and utilities

Parameter Median Range Description and reference
Costs
Cost of capecitabine per 500 mg 6.6 Fixed Local charge
Cost of S-1 per 20 mg 9.6 7.9 - 10.1 Local charge
Cost of oxaliplatin per 50 mg 88.9 77.3 - 464.5 Local charge
Cost of follow-up per unit 56.5 42.3 - 70.6 Calculation
Cost of tests per 6-weeks of adjuvant with S-1 197.8 15.9 - 317.5 [31]
Cost of salvage chemotherapy per 3-week cycle 2334.6 1429.3 - 3323.2 Calculation
Cost of palliative end-of-life care 1460.3 1055.3 - 2085.7 Calculation
Cost of supportive care per cycle 115.2 31.7 - 317.5 Calculation
Cost of ADR per 6-week period of adjuvant with S-1 42.3 7.9 - 79.4 [31]
Cost of ADR per 3-week cycle of adjuvant with XELOX strategy 68.9 15.9 - 158.7 [31]
Cost of hospitalization per 3-week cycle of adjuvant with XELOX strategy 373 238.1 - 793.7 [31]
Utilities
Utility of disease-free survival 0.88 0.8 - 0.97 Measured
Utility of recurrent disease 0.42 0.28 - 0.63 Measured

Key: “&” Values were measured by time trade-off (TTO).