アブストラクト | BACKGROUND: Photodynamic diagnosis-assisted transurethral resection of bladder tumor (PDD-TURBT) showed improvement of diagnostic accuracy and treatment efficacy compared to white light TURBT (WL-TURBT). While PDD-TURBT is highly effective, PDD-TURBT requires the use of PDD device and light-sensitive substance precursor, which increases the medical cost compared to WL-TURBT. In this study, the impact on health care economic costs were examined between PDD-TURBT and WL-TURBT. METHODS: Of the total 265 patients, 88 patients for WL-TURBT and 105 patients for PDD-TURBT were available for analysis. Costs were also examined between 34 patients without false-positives and 36 patients with false-positives with a follow-up period of at least 200 days. To compare costs between the two treatments, we calculated the cost/person/year of TURBT using Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination and Per-Diem Payment System (DPC/PDPS). RESULTS: The total number of surgeries including the first TURBT was 135 (47 recurrences) in the WL-TURBT group and 133 (28 recurrences) in the PDD-TURBT group. The cost per person for hospitalization and surgery was 366,310 Japanese yen (JPY) for the WL-TURBT and 501,930 JPY for the PDD-TURBT. The cost per person per year was 491,622 JPY in the WL-TURBT group and 506,405 JPY in the PDD-TURBT group. Regarding false-positives, the cost per person per year was 494,544 JPY in the group without false-positives and 328,086 JPY in the group with false-positives. CONCLUSIONS: Although PDD-TURBT is cost more than WL-TURBT for one surgical hospitalization, the cost per person per year for PDD-TURBT and WL-TURBT is cost-neutral. |
ジャーナル名 | Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy |
Pubmed追加日 | 2023/8/22 |
投稿者 | Fukuhara, Hideo; Hagiwara, Yasuhiro; Oba, Koji; Inoue, Keiji |
組織名 | Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan; Center for;Photodynamic medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan.;Electronic address: jm-fukuhara@kochi-u.ac.jp.;Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Graduate School of;Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. |
Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37604217/ |