作者: Chao-Hsiun Tang , Raoh-Fang Pwu , I-Ching Tsai , Han-I Wang , San-Lin You
DOI: 10.1007/S00404-009-1218-6
关键词: Health care 、 Obstetrics 、 Total cost 、 Cervical cancer staging 、 Stage (cooking) 、 Cervical cancer 、 Indirect costs 、 Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 、 Cancer 、 Gynecology 、 Medicine
摘要: Although cervical cancer is the most frequent for women in Taiwan, no examination of its treatment costs has yet been undertaken. This study aimed to investigate and precancerous lesion Taiwan. A total 7,398 cases intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) lesions were identified from Taiwan Cervical Cancer Screening Registration System 2003. further 1,469 invasive (ICC) also a survey on staging information conducted by Task Force. Resource usage covering first 6 months after CIN diagnosis 5 years ICC extracted National Health Insurance claims database. The duration each visit transportation collected means personal interviews with CIN/ICC patients. mean standard deviation indirect estimated. average patients NT$4,201 CIN1, NT$8,623 CIN2 NT$14,406 CIN3, accounting 25–33% total. NT$210,230 Stage 1, NT$392,387 2, NT$433,969 3 NT$464,701 4, about 14–17% resulted considerable healthcare system Indirect associated such substantial cannot be ignored.