Table 2

Mean hospital cost per patient and total annual costs per localization and per category of cost (hospitalization, expensive drugs, outpatient and indirect costs) and from a payer perspective

Mean hospital cost per patient (€)

Total annual cost (all patients) from payer perspective** (€)


Public

Private

Hospital cost

Expensive drugs

Indirect cost

Outpatient cost

Total**

HPV positive cancer

HPV related cost*


Oral cavity

7,673

3,054

71°558°167

7 727 519

18 395 395

33 013 172

130 694 253

23.5%

30 713 149


Salivary glands

6,151

2,929

9°728°585

991 317

2 063 391

4 488 257

17 271 550

-

-


Oropharynx

7,575

3,562

83°415°630

14 114 364

22 708 632

38 483 581

158 722 207

33 to 72%

52 378 328 to 114 279 989


Pharynx

7,580

3,468

66°449°315

10 907 202

17 570 038

30 656 216

125 582 771

-

-


Larynx

6,355

2,764

53°277°788

5 156 119

15 238 397

24 579 567

98 251 871

5 to 24%

4 912 594 to

23 645 249


Total

8,730

3,576

284°429°484

38 929 041

75 975 853

131 220 792

530 555 170

26%

137 944 344


* HPV related cost = prevalence × (hospital cost + expensive drugs + indirect cost + outpatient cost)

** Rehabilitation costs are not included in this estimate

Lacau St Guily et al. Head & Neck Oncology 2010 2:22   doi:10.1186/1758-3284-2-22

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