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Table 2 Direct medical costs of treatment cervical precancer/cancer (US$)†

From: Estimation of the costs of cervical cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment in rural Shanxi Province, China: a micro-costing study

 

Clinical cost

Laboratory cost

Aggregated cost

A.County level

 

Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP)

16.08

45.30

61.38

 

Cold-knife conization

75.55

45.30

120.85

 

Simple hysterectomy

88.12

45.30

133.42

B. Prefecture level

 

Cold-knife conization

228.01

52.74

280.75

 

Simple hysterectomy

332.16

72.57

404.73

 

Radical hysterectomy

444.35

100.03

544.39

 

Simple radiotherapy

251.90

29.75

281.65

 

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

1,051.74

12.31††

1,064.05

 

Adjuvant chemotherapy

93.89

31.56††

125.46

  1. † LEEP treatment was not available in the surveyed prefecture hospital.
  2. †† Related to bloods tests and ultrasound examinations.