Economic Evaluation of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), CHERE Working Paper 2007/6



Appendices

Appendix 1 Estimating the cost of Chemotherapy

Estimation of the Cost of Chemotherapy
treat N

for a course of Cisplatin - Vinobrine to

SCLC_____________________

Cost per cycle_________________________

Cisplatin__________________________________

3 x $A 61.05 (PBS)

In patient attendances_____________________

_________1 x $A 650 (Rosenthal)_________

Out Patient attendances__________________

_________3x A$ 303.8 Rosenthal_________

Cost Per Course_____________________

Number of Cycles

3

Vinolbrine

$A 3601.44 (PBS)

Drug preparation_______________________

$A 24.2 (Estimation based on HTBS)

Side Effects______________________________

$A 1,100 (Estimation based on HTBS)

Cost per cycle

$A 1,744.6

Cost per course_________________________

$A 9,784.0

Appendix 2: Macro for the 10,000 patient simulations.

Sub simulation_trial()

' simulation_trial Macro

Index = 0

Do While Index < 10000

Range("B5:I5").Select

Selection.Copy

Range("B6:I6").Select

ActiveCell.Offset(Index, 0).Range("A1").Select

Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks

:=False, Transpose:=False

Index = Index + 1

Loop

End Sub

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