The hospital costs of treating lung cancer in the United Kingdom.
A detailed patient-by-patient costing analysis, based on case records for 253 patients diagnosed in 1993, reveals that the mean 4-year diagnosis and management costs amounted to Pound Sterling 6150 and Pound Sterling 5668 for non-small cell and small cell lung cancer respectively. These costs are lower than those identified in Canadian studies, the difference being explained by the use of a simulated costing methodology in these studies, lower unit costs and less aggressive interventions.
Wolstenholme
J L
JL
Trent Institute for Health Services Research, University Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
Whynes
D K
DK
D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D006113:United Kingdom