Estimation of the Costs of Invasive Cervical Cancer Treatment in Brazil: A Micro-Costing Study
Abstract Objective Themain objective of the present study was to estimate the annual treatment costs of invasive cervical cancer (ICC) per patient at an oncology center in Brazil from a societal perspective by considering direct medical, direct nonmedical, and indirect costs. Methods A cost anal...
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| author | Candice Lima Santos Ariani Impieri Souza José Natal Figueiroa Suely Arruda Vidal |
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| description | Abstract Objective Themain objective of the present study was to estimate the annual treatment costs of invasive cervical cancer (ICC) per patient at an oncology center in Brazil from a societal perspective by considering direct medical, direct nonmedical, and indirect costs. Methods A cost analysis descriptive study, in which direct medical, direct nonmedical, and indirect costs were collected using a microcosting approach, was conducted between May 2014 and July 2016 from a societal perspective. The study population consisted of women diagnosed with ICC admitted to a tertiary hospital in Recife, state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The annual cost per patient was estimated in terms of the value of American Dollars (US$) in 2016. Results From a societal perspective, the annual ICC treatment cost per patient was US $ 2,219.73. Direct medical costs were responsible for 81.2% of the total value, of which radiotherapy and outpatient chemotherapy had the largest share. Under the base-case assumption, the estimated cost to the national budget of a year of ICC treatment in the Brazilian population was US$ 25,954,195.04. Conclusion We found a high economic impact of health care systems treating ICC in a poor region of Brazil. These estimates could be applicable to further evaluations of the cost-effectiveness of preventing and treating ICC. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cb11afcd85ec4d66ad6898fc7ffe1ba22022-12-21T19:43:37ZengFederação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e ObstetríciaRevista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia0100-72032019-07-0141638739310.1055/s-0039-1692412Estimation of the Costs of Invasive Cervical Cancer Treatment in Brazil: A Micro-Costing StudyCandice Lima Santoshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5215-5085Ariani Impieri SouzaJosé Natal FigueiroaSuely Arruda VidalAbstract Objective Themain objective of the present study was to estimate the annual treatment costs of invasive cervical cancer (ICC) per patient at an oncology center in Brazil from a societal perspective by considering direct medical, direct nonmedical, and indirect costs. Methods A cost analysis descriptive study, in which direct medical, direct nonmedical, and indirect costs were collected using a microcosting approach, was conducted between May 2014 and July 2016 from a societal perspective. The study population consisted of women diagnosed with ICC admitted to a tertiary hospital in Recife, state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The annual cost per patient was estimated in terms of the value of American Dollars (US$) in 2016. Results From a societal perspective, the annual ICC treatment cost per patient was US $ 2,219.73. Direct medical costs were responsible for 81.2% of the total value, of which radiotherapy and outpatient chemotherapy had the largest share. Under the base-case assumption, the estimated cost to the national budget of a year of ICC treatment in the Brazilian population was US$ 25,954,195.04. Conclusion We found a high economic impact of health care systems treating ICC in a poor region of Brazil. These estimates could be applicable to further evaluations of the cost-effectiveness of preventing and treating ICC.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-72032019000600387&tlng=encosts and cost analysiscost of illnesscost measurescervical cancerHPVhuman papillomavirus |
| spellingShingle | Candice Lima Santos Ariani Impieri Souza José Natal Figueiroa Suely Arruda Vidal Estimation of the Costs of Invasive Cervical Cancer Treatment in Brazil: A Micro-Costing Study Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia costs and cost analysis cost of illness cost measures cervical cancer HPV human papillomavirus |
| title | Estimation of the Costs of Invasive Cervical Cancer Treatment in Brazil: A Micro-Costing Study |
| title_full | Estimation of the Costs of Invasive Cervical Cancer Treatment in Brazil: A Micro-Costing Study |
| title_fullStr | Estimation of the Costs of Invasive Cervical Cancer Treatment in Brazil: A Micro-Costing Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimation of the Costs of Invasive Cervical Cancer Treatment in Brazil: A Micro-Costing Study |
| title_short | Estimation of the Costs of Invasive Cervical Cancer Treatment in Brazil: A Micro-Costing Study |
| title_sort | estimation of the costs of invasive cervical cancer treatment in brazil a micro costing study |
| topic | costs and cost analysis cost of illness cost measures cervical cancer HPV human papillomavirus |
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