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. 2022 Sep 12;9:82–90. doi: 10.33393/grhta.2022.2449

Table S5.

Unit direct healthcare costs

Costs References
Screening techniques
Fluorescent “in situ” hybridization (FISH) €111.36 (5)
Immunohistochemistry (IHQ) €60.28 (5)
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) €475.00 (5)
Consultations
Emergencies (external consultation) €182.25 (624)
Medical Oncology (first visit) €159.28 (623,25)
Medical Oncology (Subsequent visit) €88.72 (6,7,923,25,26)
Neurosurgery, in the year of the operation (first visit) €159.28 (623,25)
Neurosurgery, in the year of the operation (Subsequent visit) €88.72 (6,7,923,25,26)
Nursing (telephone consultation) €15.00 (10,20,21)
Pharmacy (external consultation) €88.72 (6,7,923,25,26)
Primary care nursing (external consultation) €25.81 (6,7,924,26)
Primary care physician (external consultation) €51.88 (6,7,924,26)
Psycho-oncologist (first visit) €159.28 (623,25)
Psycho-oncologist (Subsequent visit) €88.72 (6,7,923,25,26)
Radiation oncology (first visit) €159.28 (623,25)
Radiation oncology (Subsequent visit) €88.72 (6,7,923,25,26)
Support team in home palliative care €221 (5,11,20,63)
Hospitalizations
Neurosurgery €2542.80 (6,27)
Medical oncology hospitalization €1723.27 (6,27)
Radiation oncology hospitalization €446.05 (6,27)
Tests
Biochemistry €4.41 (6,7,10,12,2022,28)
Biopsy* €186.79 (6,7,912,14,15,1724,29)
Blood count €4.41 (6,7,10,12,2022,28)
Brain computed tomography €190.00 (6,8,9,13,15,2022)
Brain magnetic resonance imaging €308.69 (6,8,2022)
Chest x-ray €21.23 (612,15,1723,30)
Chest / abdomen computed tomography €289.68 (7,10,11,17,23,24)
Positron Emission Tomography - Computed Tomography €691.00 (68,10,20,22,23,29)
Surgical resection €320.95 (7)
Others
Day hospital (per minute) €0.57 (6,924)
Holocranial radiotherapy €1223.67 (7)
Radiosurgery or stereotactic radiation therapy €7252.24 (612)
Thoracentesis €174.08 (6,7,9,10,13,15,1719,2123)

*The cost of the liquid biopsy is assumed as €0, because it is not funded by the Spanish National Health System and is performed within clinical trials, that is, it does not involve any cost for the patient.