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Table 1 Cost for each treatment in a single session, by categories of cost

From: The Annual costs of treating genital warts in the Public Healthcare Sector in Peru

 

Diagnosis Appointment

Podophyllin

Imiquimod

TCA

Cryotherapy

Electro Surgery

Surgical Excision

Cost per session (USD)

6.04 (2.5, 11.8)

12.08 (7.4, 19.3)

10.94 (6.2, 18.3)

10.84 (6.1, 18.2)

15.4 (8.1, 26.8)

17.44 (9.4, 29.3)

24.59 (12.3, 57.6)

Category of cost (USD)

       

Human Resources

6.03 (2.4, 11.8)

9.21 (4.5, 16.7)

9.21 (4.5, 16.7)

9.21 (4.5, 16.7)

13.39 (6.2, 24.7)

13.39 (6.2, 24.7)

13.86 (6.2, 26.4)

Infrastructure

0.08 (0.08, 0.08)

0.09 (0.09, 0.09)

0.09 (0.09, 0.09)

0.09 (0.09, 0.09)

0.28 (0.27, 0.29)

0.7 (0.69, 0.71)

0.44 (0.43, 0.44)

Equipment

-

-

-

-

0.52 (0.4, 0.7)

1.08 (0.01, 6.5)

-

Drugs

-

1.06 (1.06, 1.06)

1.44 (1.44, 1.44)

0.86 (0.86, 0.86)

-

-

0.96 (0.4, 1.86)

Medical instruments

-

-

-

-

-

0.19 (0.18, 0.19)

0.69 (0.68, 0.7)

Disposable Materials

0.05 (0, 0.25)

2.01 (1.91, 2.28)

0.46 (0.26, 0.79)

0.93 (0.73, 1.29)

1.47 (0.69, 4.82)

2.3 (0.46, 6.82)

9.23 (2.04, 40.58)

Water and Electricity

0.07 (0.07, 0.07)

0.08 (0.08, 0.08)

0.08 (0.08, 0.08)

0.08 (0.08, 0.08)

0.22 (0.22, 0.22)

0.32 (0.32, 0.32)

0.19 (0.19, 0.19)

  1. USD: United States Dollars; TCA: trichloroacetic acid
  2. The “cost per session” row represent the cost in which the payer incurs every time a physician applies a given treatment. Usually, each treatment is applied more than once depending on the physician’s assessment, who considers type of case (new, recurrent, or resistant), and treatment characteristics
  3. Cells marked with “-“ indicates that the treatment did not employ those resources