A comprehensive value-based method for new nuclear medical service pricing: with case study of radium [223Ra] bone metastases treatment

Table 2 Radium [²²³Ra] bone metastases treatment input, variation and coefficient of variation

	Total human input (min)	Pre-treatment evaluation	Treatment planning	Drug injection	Observation	Waste management	Total human input ($)	Pre-treatment evaluation	Treatment planning	Drug injection	Observation	Waste management	Medical consumable cost ($)
Beijing	251.50	52.00	38.00	27.50	84.00	50.00	100.49	27.06	12.87	4.53	41.94	14.09	6.63
Chongqing	402.00	170.00	90.00	30.00	62.00	90.00	101.66	51.94	10.87	6.33	16.94	15.59	6.89
Guangzhou	239.00	90.00	29.00	20.00	70.00	30.00	104.48	45.09	12.72	6.09	32.47	8.12	7.85
Average value	297.50	104.00	52.33	25.83	72.00	56.67	102.21	41.36	12.15	5.65	30.45	12.60	7.37
Standard Deviation	11.73		49.18	26.89	4.25	9.09	24.94	1.68	10.49	0.91	0.80	10.31	3.23	0.52
Coefficient of variation	0.25		0.47	0.51	0.16	0.13	0.44	NA	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.04	0.01

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