Table 2.
Mean and median per patient costs (in €) at first and second year after diagnosis, stratified by stage at diagnosis, morphology and procedure
| First year | Second year* | Total* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean (S.D.) | Median | Mean Rate | n | Mean (S.D.) | Median | Mean Rate | Mean (S.D.) | Median | Mean Rate | |
| Stage at diagnosis | |||||||||||
| I | 90 | 14,610 (5415) | 13,070 | – | 88 | 2427 (3961) | 1167 | – | 17,037 (6735) | 14,237 | – |
| II | 14 | 14,503 (4199) | 13,242 | 0.99 | 14 | 4891 (10,189) | 1048 | 2.02 | 19,394 (11,020) | 14,290 | 1.14 |
| III | 30 | 22,126 (15,052) | 13,683 | 1.51 | 28 | 6320 (10,128) | 1587 | 2.60 | 28,447 (18,343) | 15,270 | 1.67 |
| IV | 14 | 26,096 (15,845) | 24,688 | 1.79 | 8 | 15,397 (12,675) | 11,864 | 6.34 | 41,494 (23,069) | 36,552 | 2.44 |
| Histology | |||||||||||
| Chromophobe | 8 | 13,231 (1002) | 13,106 | – | 8 | 1685 (2306) | 877 | – | 14,917 (2515) | 13,983 | – |
| Clear cell | 94 | 17,488 (10,577) | 13,293 | 1.32 | 91 | 4222 (7087) | 1700 | 2.51 | 21,709 (12,796) | 14,993 | 1.45 |
| Non-classified/undifferentiated | 2 | 29,626 (1007) | 29,626 | 2.24 | 0 | – | – | – | 29,626 (1007) | 29,626 | 1.99 |
| Papillary | 21 | 15,331 (8260) | 13,350 | 1.16 | 20 | 3552 (6774) | 1167 | 2.11 | 18,882 (10,790) | 14,517 | 1.27 |
| Unknown | 23 | 18,095 (11,881) | 13,571 | 1.37 | 19 | 5976 (12,039) | 1043 | 3.55 | 24,070 (17,793) | 14,614 | 1.61 |
| Procedures | |||||||||||
| Radical nephrectomy | 66 | 21,394 (13,661) | 1198 | 1.52 | 58 | 6410 (9802) | 1898 | 2.85 | 27,804 (10,591) | 16,007 | 1.70 |
| Partial nephrectomy | 76 | 14,066 (3220) | 13,013 | – | 76 | 2249 (3802) | 1144 | – | 16,315 (3820) | 14,157 | – |
| Percutaneous ablation | 3 | 17,885 (7923) | 12,623 | 1.27 | 3 | 12,935 (17,499) | 591 | 5.75 | 30,820 (18,087) | 13,215 | 1.89 |
| None | 3 | 4127 (2779) | 4238 | 0.29 | 1 | 730 (0) | 730 | 0.30 | 4857 (1604) | 4968 | 0.30 |
| Total | 148 | 17,210 (10,312) | 13,335 | 138 | 3934 (7609) | 1145 | 21,429 (13,102) | 14,606 | |||
*Weighted by survival time