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. 2018 Dec 5;13(12):e0208063. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208063

Table 4. Cost-of-illness analyses–Costs in categories and total costs per patient per year (in 2015 US$-PPP).

Reference Time horizon Hospital care costa Outpatient care cost Medication costs Nursing care costs Overall direct costsb CRCP-specific costs
Alemayehu et al. [74] Varying1 17,121 25,052 3,993 47,465 24,348
    Known CRPC 15,835 28,598 4,683 50,537 30,412
    Likely CRPC 17,324 24,538 3,898 47,018 23,468
Armstrong et al. [75] 24 months
    Medicare 7,362 6,927 12,802 1,248 28,792
    MarketScan 10,109 19,827 36,864 490 67,957
Bourke et al. [76] 12 months 77,725
Bryant-Lukosius [77] 12 months 1,698 1,840 3,425 550 7,514
Bui et al. [78] Varying1
    With CSS 4,286 29,323 24,962 59,799
    W/o CSS 14,499 31,604 24,148 71,742
Dragomir et al. [79] Lifetime
    ADT+DX+A treatment 17,441
    ADT+DX+CX treatment 28,242
Engel-Nitz et al. [80] Varying2
    Oncologist patient 22,364 41,170 5,314 70,627 47,647
    Urologist patient 17,670 11,240 3,578 33,918 14,335
Krahn et al. [81] Varying3
    CRPC 14,543 4,491 6,022 433 25,490
    mCRPC 19,243 5,482 9,810 1,475 36,010
Kunisawa et al. [82] Varying1 17,921
Malmberg et al. [83] Varying4
    Within country 3,743 520 4,996
    Out of country 6,725 507 7,827
Mehra et al. [84] Varying1
    Pre-DX period 8,960 18,408 5,125 32,494
    Post-DX period 23,308 25,614 24,323 73,270
Organ et al. [85] 24 months
    Intermittent LHRHa 2,474
    Continuous LHRHa 6,514
Sanyal et al. [86] Lifetime 3,067
Satoh et al. [55] Varying5
    ICD-10 611c 6,183c 6,794c
    MEDIC-DC 1,183c 19,935c 21,118c
Sherman et al. [87] 6 months 31,683
    S89 treatment 26,707
    V+E treatment 28,216
    V+E+S89 treatment 51,162

ADT: androgen deprivation therapy, CRCP: castration-resistant prostate cancer, CSS: corticosteroid-sensitive comorbidities, CX: cabazitaxel, DX: docetaxel, E: estramustine LHRHa: luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist, mCRPC: metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, S89: strontium-89, V: vinblastine, w/o: without.

1 Costs per patient per month were reported

2 costs per patient per 6 months were reported

3 costs per patient per 100 days were reported

4 costs per patient per relapse were reported

5 costs per patient per 12 months were reported

a including costs for emergency department visits

b may include other medical, non-medical or indirect costs not previously listed

c in $-PPP-2016 without inflation.