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Table 2 Average number of sessions, final cost, and probability of usage for each treatment

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

 

Average Sessions per treatment

  
 

New (Min, Max)

Resistant (Min, Max)

Annual average cost per treatment (USD)

Probability of treatment usage

Podophyllin

3.2 (2.5, 3.7)

4.0 (4.0, 4.0)

58.6

39.6 %

Imiquimod

3.0 (2.5, 4.0)

2.7 (2.4, 3)

46.5

5.3 %

Trichloroacetic Acid

2.5 (1.6, 3.3)

5.3 (2.0, 8.0)

52.7

16.4 %

Cryotherapy

3.4 (2.8, 4.0)

5.1 (3.0, 6.2)

78.2

17.4 %

Electro Surgery

2.0 (1.1, 4.0)

2.1 (2.0, 2.3)

55.5

20.3 %

Surgical Excision

1.0 (1.0, 1.0)

1.0 (1.0, 1.0)

36.1

0.9 %

  1. USD: United States Dollars
  2. “Average sessions per treatment” indicates the number of sessions until episode resolution. “Probability of treatment usage” column shows the proportions of cases in which each treatment was used. “Annual average cost per treatment” includes cost of diagnosis and control sessions, information of number of sessions per treatment, and proportion of recurrent cases treated with each technique
  3. This table presents summary data. Hence, the sum-product of the last two columns will differ from the reported annual average cost of treatment per person (59.9USD)