| Table 2: Mean hospital costs and length of stay for patients with prostate cancer* |
|
| |
Costs, $ |
| |
|
| Type of hospital care |
Mean length of stay, d |
Hospital charges |
Physician fees |
Total |
|
| Initial therapy |
| Radical prostatectomy |
7.7 |
6 825 |
1442 |
8 267 |
| External-beam radiotherapy † |
—‡ |
4 860 |
400 |
5 260 |
| Endocrine therapy (ochidectomy) |
1.0 |
1 105 |
585 |
1 689 |
|
| Treatment of complications after initial therapy |
| Bowel or rectal surgical injury |
12.2 |
10 030 |
758 |
10 788 |
| Urethral stricture |
1.0 |
512 |
329 |
842 |
| Implantation of urinary sphincter |
1.0 |
4 649 |
530 |
5 179 |
| Penile prosthesis |
1.0 |
4 649 |
391 |
5 041 |
| Cardiopulmonary complications |
7.4 |
5 565 |
376 |
5 941 |
| Vascular complications |
7.4 |
4 079 |
317 |
4 396 |
|
| Radiation-related complications |
| Cystitis |
5.4 |
3 098 |
246 |
3 345 |
| Hematuria |
3.3 |
2 018 |
178 |
2 196 |
| Proctitis or rectal stricture |
1.0 |
695 |
271 |
966 |
| Diarrhea |
4.0 |
2 627 |
200 |
2 827 |
|
*Source: S.A. Grover and colleagues (unpublished data), excpet as noted otherwise. Costs are in 1996 Canadian dollars.
†Source: reference 37.
‡This type of therapy is provided mainly on an outpatient basis in hospital clinics. |
