Table 2 |
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Details of cost calculation per clinical category |
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Item |
Basis or details of calculation |
Cost (in US$) |
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Hospital & facility charges |
Includes laboratory expenses, radiographs, CT-scans, biopsy expenses and medications |
143.0 (per day, per patient) |
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Operating Room costs |
Calculated according to the hours of OR use and consists of: |
Up to 1 h : 303.0 |
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i) scrubbed nurses' fee and OR expenses |
1–2,5 h: 445.0 |
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ii) anesthesiologist's assistant fee and sedative medications costs. |
3 h or more: 570.0 |
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Surgeon's Fees |
Based on Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons |
Biopsies (minor): 160.0 |
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Association fees (suggested price list) |
Medium surg.: 210.0 |
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Major surg.: 392.0 |
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Anesthesiologist's Fees. |
Based on Society of Anesthesiologists fees |
Minor cases: 210.0 |
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Major cases: 390.0 |
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Radiation Therapy costs |
1) Radical Radiation Therapy for local control |
Total for 1: 2,195.0 |
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2) Post-op Radiation Therapy: |
Total for 2: 885.0 |
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Chemotherapy costs |
Daily total chemotherapy costs (hospitalization cost + medication costs) |
277.0 (per day, per patient) |
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Other costs |
1) Leibinger or AO Titanium Reconstruction plates and screws |
1) 580.0 per case |
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2) MEDPOR or other alloplastic material |
2) as needed |
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3) Intensive Care Unit |
3) ICU: 785.0 per day |
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Zavras et al. BMC Public Health 2002 2:12 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-2-12 |
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