Costs of Newly Funded Proton Therapy Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing in The Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Proton therapy (PT) has characteristics that enable the sparing of healthy, non-cancerous tissue surrounding the radiotherapy target volume better from radiation doses than conventional radiotherapy for patients with cancer. While this innovation entails investment costs, the information about the treatment costs per patient, especially during the start-up phase, is limited. This study aims to calculate the costs of PT at a single center during the start-up phase in the Netherlands.

Methods

The cost of PT per patient was estimated for the treatment indications, head and neck cancer, breast cancer, brain cancer, thorax cancer, chordoma and eye melanoma. A time-driven activity-based costing analysis (TDABC), a methodology that calculates the costs of consumed health

SUBMITTER: Chen YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9856812 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature