I Cromwell1, Z Ferreira1, L Smith2, K van der Hoek1, G Ogilvie3, A Coldman2, S J Peacock4. 1. Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control, Vancouver, BC;; Department of Cancer Control Research, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC; 2. Department of Cancer Control Research, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC; 3. School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; 4. Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control, Vancouver, BC;; Department of Cancer Control Research, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC;; Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We set out to assess the health care resource utilization and cost of cervical cancer from the perspective of a single-payer health care system. METHODS: Retrospective observational data for women diagnosed with cervical cancer in British Columbia between 2004 and 2009 were analyzed to calculate patient-level resource utilization patterns from diagnosis to death or 5-year discharge. Domains of resource use within the scope of this cost analysis were chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and brachytherapy administered by the BC Cancer Agency; resource utilization related to hospitalization and outpatient visits as recorded by the B.C. Ministry of Health; medically required services billed under the B.C. Medical Services Plan; and prescriptions dispensed under British Columbia's health insurance programs. Unit costs were applied to radiotherapy and brachytherapy, producing per-patient costs. RESULTS: The mean cost per case of treating cervical cancer in British Columbia was $19,153 (standard error: $3,484). Inpatient hospitalizations, at 35%, represented the largest proportion of the total cost (95% confidence interval: 32.9% to 36.9%). Costs were compared for subgroups of the total cohort. CONCLUSIONS: As health care systems change the way they manage, screen for, and prevent cervical cancer, cost-effectiveness evaluations of the overall approach will require up-to-date data for resource utilization and costs. We provide information suitable for such a purpose and also identify factors that influence costs.
OBJECTIVES: We set out to assess the health care resource utilization and cost of cervical cancer from the perspective of a single-payer health care system. METHODS: Retrospective observational data for women diagnosed with cervical cancer in British Columbia between 2004 and 2009 were analyzed to calculate patient-level resource utilization patterns from diagnosis to death or 5-year discharge. Domains of resource use within the scope of this cost analysis were chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and brachytherapy administered by the BC Cancer Agency; resource utilization related to hospitalization and outpatient visits as recorded by the B.C. Ministry of Health; medically required services billed under the B.C. Medical Services Plan; and prescriptions dispensed under British Columbia's health insurance programs. Unit costs were applied to radiotherapy and brachytherapy, producing per-patient costs. RESULTS: The mean cost per case of treating cervical cancer in British Columbia was $19,153 (standard error: $3,484). Inpatient hospitalizations, at 35%, represented the largest proportion of the total cost (95% confidence interval: 32.9% to 36.9%). Costs were compared for subgroups of the total cohort. CONCLUSIONS: As health care systems change the way they manage, screen for, and prevent cervical cancer, cost-effectiveness evaluations of the overall approach will require up-to-date data for resource utilization and costs. We provide information suitable for such a purpose and also identify factors that influence costs.
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