Table 1

2005 baseline evaluation of drug request, drug consuming, waste proportion and correspondent cost

Drug
Total drug prescribing (mg)
Total drug consuming (mg)
Waste proportion (%)
Negotiateda drug unit pricing (€/mg)
Cost of consumed drugs (€)
Drug waste cost (€)

Bleomycin
1735
1755
1.1
1.19
2088
24
Carboplatin
115367
123380
6.5
0.082
10117
657
Cetuximab
23110
24000
3.7
2.079
49896
1850
Cyclophosphamide
834568
943265
11.5
0.005
4716
543
Cisplatin
76300
83094
8.2
0.172
14292
1169
Dacarbazine
8310
10100
17.7
0.023
232
41
Docetaxel
31957
33640
5.0
7.525
253141
12665
Doxorubicin
24980
26380
5.3
1.46
38515
2044
Liposomial Doxorubicin
1406
1500
6.3
17.69
26535
1663
Epirubicin
64765
67160
3.6
1.907
128074
4567
Etoposide
63176
72300
12.6
0.022
1591
201
5-fluorouracil
5149000
5769000
10.7
0.002
11538
1240
Fotemustine
1653
2288
27.8
2.15
4919
1365
Gemcitabine
1692015
1790600
5.5
0.142
254265
13999
Iphosphamide
43150
52000
17.0
0.014
728
124
Irinotecan
95629
97690
2.1
1.76
171934
3627
Methotrexate
23531
26690
11.8
0.055
1468
174
Mitomycin
273
470
41.9
2.06
968
406
Mitoxantrone
134
150
10.7
5.39
808
86
Oxaliplatin
84095
90050
6.7
3.71
334085
22093
Paclitaxel
120948
126502
4.4
2.376
300569
13196
Pemetrexed
36290
42500
14.6
2.54
107950
15773
Raltitrexed
36
42
14.3
62.5
2625
375
Topotecan
192
392
51.1
64.72
25370
12944
Trastuzumab
65003
79270
17.9
4.69
371776
66912
Vinblastine
169
240
29.6
0.991
238
70
Vincristine
62
71
12.7
2.09
148
19
Vindesine
3
5
40.0
20.78
104
42
Vinorelbine
13659
14530
5.9
1.96
28479
1707
TOTAL
8571516
9479064
9.6

2147169
179576

a2006 official hospital drug prices in Italy are available at [21]

Fasola et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:70   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-70