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Table 2 Annual average cost according to clinical stage and medical event per NSCLC patient at INCan. 2013

From: Medical care costs incurred by patients with smoking-related non-small cell lung cancer treated at the National Cancer Institute of Mexico

Lung cancer stages +

Event type

I

II

III

IV

LC

Annual cost average

Weighted annual cost average*

Minimum

Maximum

Outpatient care

$1,280.75

$2,948.96

$15,129.26

$24,606.10

$23,623.40

$1,280.78

$24,606.10

Regular (non-critical care) hospitalization

$1,580.50

$4,501.53

$2,892.15

$3,359.66

$3,328.02

$1,580.39

$4,501.53

Operating room care (surgery)

$10,595.24

$10,816.84

$21,328.31

-

$11,510.31

$10,595.24

$21,328.31

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospitalization

-

$2,723.22

$2,723.22

$2,723.22

$2,723.22

  

Chemotherapy administration

-

$14,658.14

$47,768.79

$83,868.53

$81,240.02

$14,658.14

$83,868.53

Radiotherapy treatment

-

 

$9,245.79

$17,522.05

$16,902.06

$9,245.79

$17,522.05

Palliative care

-

 

$7,099.35

$12,475.91

$12,192.94

$7,099.35

$12,475.91

Case total

$13,456.39

$35,648.68

$106,186.76

$144,555.47

$139,801.87

$13,456.39

$144,555.47

  1. The cost was estimated in Mexican pesos 2009 and was adjusted by inflation for 2013 using the official INPC and inflation rate established by INEGI http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/indiceprecios/CalculadoraInflacion.aspx.
  2. Currency Dec 2013: USA dollar, 1 dollar = 13.06 Mexican pesos. Exchange according to Bank of Mexico (Banxico) information.