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Table 4 Average monthly component costs of each regimen group up to the twelfth month (JPY)

From: Real-world cost analysis of chemotherapy for colorectal cancer in Japan: detailed costs of various regimens during the entire course of chemotherapy

 

Oxaliplatin-based regimens

Irinotecan-based regimens

Regimens including molecular targeted agents

(n = 13)

(n = 31)

(n = 11)

mean (range)

mean (range)

mean (range)

Total

418,463 (280,977–635,115)

215,499 (141,867–567,549)

705,460 (411,384–1,056,666)

 Outpatient visits

6,051 (500–11,000)

6,329 (3,540–11,000)

5,375 (0–10,488)

 Hospitalization

89,935 (14,022–209,077)

53,584 (0–375,985)

77,752 (0–192,950)

 Operations and Procedures

37,353 (0–178,780)

455 (0–9,860)

38,222 (0–178,273)

 Tests

  Laboratory tests

15,289 (4,991–38,970)

11,757 (5,548–41,200)

12,448 (5,833–24,173)

  Diagnostic imaging tests

8,512 (0–29,140)

24,039 (1,493–56,330)

8,958 (0–23,118)

 Drugs and Administration

  Anticancer drugs

228,539 (136,433–364,332)

96,853 (58,335–138,086)

535,214 (177,458–988,262)

  Antiemetics

8,688 (6,051–19,636)

9,232 (5,857–12,557)

6,746 (365–11,972)

  Other drugs

3,707 (0–19,128)

708 (0–4,347)

4,546 (0–32,316)

  Administration

19,882 (2,200–44,160)

12,543 (950–42,930)

16,133 (950–43,610)

 Others

508 (0–6,600)

0

67(0–733)

Proportion of hospitalization

21 %

25 %

11 %

Proportion of anticancer drugs

58 %

50 %

77 %

Meal fees

8,677

4,001

4,639

Extra bed fees

67,290

13,364

10,350

  1. Outpatient visits = physician consultations and outpatient visits; Hospitalization = basic bed charges, medical examinations, nursing care, and basic treatments during hospitalization; Operations = including transfusion; Diagnostic imaging tests = X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound; Administration = preparation and management;
  2. Range = minimum to maximum