Little information is currently available on the effective use of hospital resources and the resulting costs of treating any childhood cancer in our country. The aim of this study was to estimate direct costs of medical care for Hodgkin's disease (HD). Between January 1989 and June 1998, direct medical cost (DMC) of 53 patients with HD was determined at Dr. Behçet Uz Children's Hospital, by cha...

The cost of intravenous insulin infusion to the NHS is unknown. The aim of this study was to estimate the direct cost of insulin infusions to the NHS in England and Wales in the first 24-hour period of infusion. Data from the National Inpatient Diabetes Audit 2013 in the UK were used to estimate the number of insulin infusions in use across England and Wales. Costs were calculated for six model...

OBJECTIVE Osteoporotic fractures impose a huge economic burden on society. Though several cost of illness studies from other countries exist, no equivalent study has been conducted in Austria. Our study aims at assessing costs resulting from osteoporotic fractures in Austria in the year 2008 from a societal perspective. METHODS We took both direct and indirect costs into consideration. Direct...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to estimate the direct medical costs of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) treated at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana and to question the healthcare payment system in Slovenia. METHODS Using an internal patient database, the costs of mCRC patients were estimated in 2009 by examining (1) mCRC direct medical related costs, and (2) the cost difference bet...