Table 4 Health-care services utilization and total costs associated with bladder cancer. (Time window: from four months before radical cystectomy up to 1 year post surgery; Costs in Canadian dollars)
N (% of the total study population) | Total Units | Total costs (Canadian dollars) | |
|---|---|---|---|
PRE-SURGERY COSTS (n = 2759) | |||
Pre-urologist consultations (all specialties confounded) | 2332 (84.5 %) | 9931 | 2 040 407 |
Post-urologist consultations (all specialties confounded) | 2155 (78.1 %) | 8853 | 1 906 147 |
Urologist consultations | 2731 (99 %) | 10 975 | 385 244 |
Cystoscopies | 1896 (68.7 %) | 2103 | 577 135 |
TURBTs | 2058 (74.6 %) | 2274 | 4 340 247 |
Imaging (physician fees) | 2532 (91.7 %) | 5658 | 551 684 |
RADICAL CYSTECTOMY COSTS | |||
Radical cystectomy | 2759 (100 %) | 2759 | 52 372 057 |
POST-SURGERY COSTS | |||
Post-operative urologist consultations | 2606 (94.5 %) | 22 697 | 1 073 025 |
Post-operative consultations (all specialties confounded) | 2742 (99.4 %) | 81 562 | 5 594 774 |
Post-operative medical oncologist consultations | 809 (29.3 %) | 7728 | 406 170 |
Post-operative imaging (physician fees) | 2535 (92.1 %) | 10 716 | 945 316 |
Post-operative complications | 811 (29.4 %) | 2839 | 4 356 127 |