Wodinsky H B, Jenkin R D
Toronto-Bayview Regional Cancer Centre, Ont.
CMAJ. 1987 Nov 15;137(10):906-9.
The cost of radiation treatment in 1985 at an Ontario regional cancer centre accruing 2500 new patients annually was examined. The radiation treatment department was equipped with three high-energy treatment machines, a treatment simulator and a treatment planning computer and was appropriately staffed. The total average annual cost of operating one high-energy treatment machine was $668,963. Salaries and employee benefits accounted for 78% of the costs. An average of 5439 radiation treatments were given annually with each treatment machine, at a cost $123 per treatment. The cost of a curative course of radiation treatment (average of 21 treatments) was $2583, and the cost of a palliative course (average of 7 treatments) was $861.
对1985年安大略省一个地区癌症中心的放射治疗成本进行了调查,该中心每年有2500名新患者。放射治疗部门配备了三台高能治疗机、一台治疗模拟机和一台治疗计划计算机,人员配备合理。运行一台高能治疗机的年平均总成本为668,963美元。工资和员工福利占成本的78%。每台治疗机每年平均进行5439次放射治疗,每次治疗成本为123美元。根治性放射治疗疗程(平均21次治疗)的成本为2583美元,姑息性疗程(平均7次治疗)的成本为861美元。