Table 2 Details of cost calculation per clinical category
From: Oral cancer treatment costs in Greece and the effect of advanced disease
Item | Basis or details of calculation | Cost (in US$) |
|---|---|---|
Hospital & facility charges | Includes laboratory expenses, radiographs, CT-scans, biopsy expenses and medications | 143.0 (per day, per patient) |
Operating Room costs | Calculated according to the hours of OR use and consists of: | Up to 1 h : 303.0 |
|  | i) scrubbed nurses' fee and OR expenses | 1–2,5 h: 445.0 |
| Â | ii) anesthesiologist's assistant fee and sedative medications costs. | 3 h or more: 570.0 |
Surgeon's Fees | Based on Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons | Biopsies (minor): 160.0 |
| Â | Association fees (suggested price list) | Medium surg.: 210.0 |
| Â | Â | Major surg.: 392.0 |
Anesthesiologist's Fees. | Based on Society of Anesthesiologists fees | Minor cases: 210.0 |
| Â | Â | Major cases: 390.0 |
Radiation Therapy costs | 1) Radical Radiation Therapy for local control | Total for 1: 2,195.0 |
| Â | 2) Post-op Radiation Therapy: | Total for 2: 885.0 |
Chemotherapy costs | Daily total chemotherapy costs (hospitalization cost + medication costs) | 277.0 (per day, per patient) |
Other costs | 1) Leibinger or AO Titanium Reconstruction plates and screws | 1) 580.0 per case |
| Â | 2) MEDPOR or other alloplastic material | 2) as needed |
| Â | 3) Intensive Care Unit | 3) ICU: 785.0 per day |