Table 6.
Costs contributing to monthly direct cost for chemotherapy-based and hormone therapy-based treatment
| Average monthly costs (median monthly costs) and contribution percentagesa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contributor | Hormone therapy 1st line, Cohort A (n = 218) | Chemotherapy 1st line, Cohort C (n = 111) | Chemotherapy 2nd line, Cohort A (n = 218) | ||||
| Drugb | Hormone therapy | €159 | 35.5 % | €57 | 1.9 % | €23 | 1.0 % |
| (€78) | (€0) | (€0) | |||||
| Chemotherapy | NA | NA | €1145 | 38.4 % | €873 | 37.3 % | |
| (€942) | (€515) | ||||||
| Targeted therapy | €72 | 16.1 % | €897 | 30.1 % | €863 | 36.9 % | |
| (€0) | (€0) | (€0) | |||||
| Chemotherapy complementary treatment | NA | NA | €325 | 10.9 % | €135 | 5.8 % | |
| (€0) | (€0) | ||||||
| Total | €231 | 51.6 % | €2424 | 81.2 % | €1894 | 81.0 % | |
| Resource | Diagnostic/monitoring | €135 | 30.2 % | €298 | 10.0 % | €212 | 9.1 % |
| (€114) | (€225) | (€157) | |||||
| Hospitalizationc | €12 | 2.6 % | €75 | 2.5 % | €54 | 2.3 % | |
| (€0) | (€0) | (€0) | |||||
| Physician visitsd | €64 | 14.4 % | €163 | 5.5 % | €155 | 6.6 % | |
| (€19) | (€113) | (€109) | |||||
| Other HCP visitse | €5 | 1.0 % | €15 | 0.5 % | €7 | 0.3 % | |
| (€0) | (€5) | (€3) | |||||
| Palliative caref | €0.3 | 0.1 % | €10 | 0.3 % | €15 | 0.6 % | |
| (€0) | (€0) | (€0) | |||||
| Total | €216.3 | 48.4 % | €561 | 18.8 % | €443 | 19.0 % | |
| Average monthly cost | €447 | €2983 | €2338 | ||||
Abbreviations: HCP healthcare professional, NA not applicable
aCosts and percentages are rounded to the nearest Euro (where possible) and 10th place, respectively, which may lead to slight differences in some totals. Note that median costs may be markedly different from the average costs. For example, if a large number of patients in a group had no hospitalizations while a small number of patients in the group had hospitalizations, the median costs may be zero even though the average costs are high
bIncludes drug cost only to avoid double-counting; administration costs are included in the medical costs below under the assumption that all outpatient visits are recorded
cIncludes daycare inpatient treatments (e.g., drug administration or monitoring) and longer hospitalization
dOncology consultant office, general practitioner, ambulatory care, and nurse home visit
ePhysiotherapist, dietician, and psychotherapist visits
fIncludes daycare and hospitalization for palliative care