Table 1 Elements used for calculation of predicted future cost of illness
From: Cost of illness of the Cervical Cancer of the uterus in Japan - a time trend and future projections
Model | Item | Elements used for calculation | Fixed or Varied |
|---|---|---|---|
Fixed model | Number of deaths | Mortality rate | Fixed |
The population estimates | Varied | ||
Direct cost | The expenses of outpatient visit and hospitalization | Fixed (Calculated using the unit cost in 2011) | |
Medical fees per examination | Fixed | ||
Total person-days of outpatient visit | Varied | ||
Total person-days of hospitalizations | Varied | ||
Morbidity cost | Average number of outpatients | Fixed | |
Average number of hospitalizations | Fixed | ||
Average length of stay | Fixed | ||
The population estimates | varied | ||
Labor-value | Fixed | ||
Mortality cost | Number of deaths | Varied | |
Life expectancy | Fixed | ||
Labor-value | Fixed | ||
Discount rate: 3% | Fixed | ||
・Logarithm model | Number of deaths | Mortality rate | Varied (Calculated using the trend line formula) |
・Linear model | The population estimates | Varied | |
・Mixed model | Direct cost | The expenses of outpatient visit and hospitalization | Fixed (Calculated using the unit cost in 2011) |
Medical fees per examination | Varied | ||
Total person-days of outpatient visit | Varied | ||
Total person-days of hospitalization | Varied | ||
Morbidity cost | Average number of outpatient visits | Varied (Calculated using the trend line formula) | |
(minimum value: the previous value before 0) | |||
Average number of hospitalizations | Varied (Calculated using the trend line formula) | ||
(minimum value: the previous value before 0) | |||
Average length of stay | Varied (Calculated using the trend line formula) | ||
(minimum value: 7.8 days) | |||
The population estimates | Varied | ||
Labor-value | Fixed | ||
Mortality cost | Number of deaths | Varied | |
Life expectancy | Fixed | ||
Labor-value | Fixed | ||
Discount rate: 3% | Fixed |