1. Institute for pulmonary diseases of Vojvodina, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Serbia 2. University Educons, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia 3. 3rd Department of Surgery, ''AHEPA'' University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece 4. Anesthesiology Department, ''AHEPA'' University General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 5. Thoracic Surgery Department, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece 6. Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 7. Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China * Authors contributed equally to this work.
✉ Corresponding author: Paul Zarogoulidis, M.D, Ph.D, Pulmonary-Oncology Unit, ''Theageneio'' Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. Mobile: 00306977271974; E-mail: pzarogcom
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Perin J, Zarić B, Đođić JE, Potić Z, Potić M, Sekeruš V, Laskou S, Koulouris C, Katsaounis A, Pavlidis E, Mantalovas S, Giannakidis D, Michalopoulos N, Amaniti A, Konstantinou F, Sardeli C, Ning Y, Shi H, Huang H, Bai C, Li Q, Perin B, Passos I, Zarogoulidis P, Kosmidis C, Kesisoglou I, Sapalidis K. The cost of hospital treatment of advanced stage lung cancer patients in a developing South East European country. J Cancer 2018; 9(17):3038-3045. doi:10.7150/jca.26278. https://www.jcancer.org/v09p3038.htm
Assessing the lung cancer treatment costs is necessary in order to estimate the budget impact of new interventions and therapeutic innovations. However, there are few studies regarding the use of resources and costs associated with treatment of lung cancer patients, not only in Serbia, but internationally. The aim of this paper was to assess the hospital costs of diagnosing and treating patients with stage IIIB and IV non-small cell lung cancer. Analysis of costs of care, services, medications and medical supplies, as well as of total hospital costs, was performed. Patients diagnosed with stage IIIB or IV NSCLC in the Institute during the year 2013 were enrolled in the study. A total of 187 patients with stage IIIB or IV NSCLC were analyzed. Total hospital costs were 506.970€, of which nearly two thirds was accounted to costs of services and medications. The mean cost per patient with adenocarcinoma was 3.075€, and for squamous cell lung carcinoma patient 1.943€. Statistically significant difference was shown when comparing mean hospital costs between patients in stage IIIB and stage IV adenocarcinoma, where this cost is higher in patients with stage IIIB. Mean hospital cost per female patient was nearly double as high that of the male patients, although without statistically significant difference. The mean cost for all adenocarcinoma patients was 1.317€, and for only four patients treated with TKI therapy 21.233€. This cost analysis could provide useful information in terms of budget impact of different lung cancer treatments and innovations in Serbia and corresponding developing countries.
Keywords: Lung cancer, Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), EGFR, Health economics, Hospital costs
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Perin, J., Zarić, B., Đođić, J.E., Potić, Z., Potić, M., Sekeruš, V., Laskou, S., Koulouris, C., Katsaounis, A., Pavlidis, E., Mantalovas, S., Giannakidis, D., Michalopoulos, N., Amaniti, A., Konstantinou, F., Sardeli, C., Ning, Y., Shi, H., Huang, H., Bai, C., Li, Q., Perin, B., Passos, I., Zarogoulidis, P., Kosmidis, C., Kesisoglou, I., Sapalidis, K. (2018). The cost of hospital treatment of advanced stage lung cancer patients in a developing South East European country. Journal of Cancer, 9(17), 3038-3045. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.26278.
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Perin, J.; Zarić, B.; Đođić, J.E.; Potić, Z.; Potić, M.; Sekeruš, V.; Laskou, S.; Koulouris, C.; Katsaounis, A.; Pavlidis, E.; Mantalovas, S.; Giannakidis, D.; Michalopoulos, N.; Amaniti, A.; Konstantinou, F.; Sardeli, C.; Ning, Y.; Shi, H.; Huang, H.; Bai, C.; Li, Q.; Perin, B.; Passos, I.; Zarogoulidis, P.; Kosmidis, C.; Kesisoglou, I.; Sapalidis, K. The cost of hospital treatment of advanced stage lung cancer patients in a developing South East European country. J. Cancer 2018, 9 (17), 3038-3045. DOI: 10.7150/jca.26278.
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Perin J, Zarić B, Đođić JE, Potić Z, Potić M, Sekeruš V, Laskou S, Koulouris C, Katsaounis A, Pavlidis E, Mantalovas S, Giannakidis D, Michalopoulos N, Amaniti A, Konstantinou F, Sardeli C, Ning Y, Shi H, Huang H, Bai C, Li Q, Perin B, Passos I, Zarogoulidis P, Kosmidis C, Kesisoglou I, Sapalidis K. The cost of hospital treatment of advanced stage lung cancer patients in a developing South East European country. J Cancer 2018; 9(17):3038-3045. doi:10.7150/jca.26278. https://www.jcancer.org/v09p3038.htm
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Perin J, Zarić B, Đođić JE, Potić Z, Potić M, Sekeruš V, Laskou S, Koulouris C, Katsaounis A, Pavlidis E, Mantalovas S, Giannakidis D, Michalopoulos N, Amaniti A, Konstantinou F, Sardeli C, Ning Y, Shi H, Huang H, Bai C, Li Q, Perin B, Passos I, Zarogoulidis P, Kosmidis C, Kesisoglou I, Sapalidis K. 2018. The cost of hospital treatment of advanced stage lung cancer patients in a developing South East European country. J Cancer. 9(17):3038-3045.
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