The cost effectiveness of intensity-modulated radiation therapy and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in the treatment of head and neck cancers

Table 1 The cost items for IMRT vs. 3D-CRT

Variable	IMRT	3D-CRT
Direct medical costs
visits	44.17	17.57
Laboratory	138.99	83.12
Diagnosis	184.75	175.17
Radiotherapy	12995.65	9497.05
Total direct medical costs	13363.56	9772.92
Direct non-medical costs
Transport	46.22	24.89
Inhabitancy	57.14	55.83
Total direct non-medical costs	103.36	80.72
Indirect costs
Productivity loss due to absent from work	294.41	296.57
Total cost	13761.34	10150.22

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