The cost of unresectable stage III or stage IV melanoma in Italy

Table 13 Summary costs per patient

	% with any utilization	Mean cost per patient with non- zero utilization (€)	Overall cost per patient based on mean⁽¹⁾ (€)	Overall cost per responder based on mean^{(1), (2)} (€)	Overall cost per non-responder based on mean^{(1), (3)} (€)
Hospitalization	9,8%	25.400	2.481	4.524	882
Hospice	5,6%	3.300	184	184⁽⁴⁾	184⁽⁴⁾
Emergency room	1,4%	300	4	4⁽⁴⁾	4⁽⁴⁾
Outpatient	40,5%	70	28	33	22
Radiotherapy	19,7%	2.814	555	506	591
Transfusion	3,8%	300	12	12⁽⁴⁾	12⁽⁴⁾
Surgery	24%	7.390	1.776	2.312	1.376
Total			5.0470	7.575	3.071

⁽¹⁾ For the follow-up period (17,5 months on average). Patients with zero resource utilisation are included.
⁽²⁾ For patients with any response to systemic therapy.
⁽³⁾ For patients with no response to systemic therapy.
⁽⁴⁾ Overall data as a proxy.

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