Studio di Economia Sanitaria, Milan, Italy.
School of Pharmacology, Biology and Biotechnologies Department "Lazzaro Spallanzani", University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Pathologica. 2023 Apr;115(2):83-89. doi: 10.32074/1591-951X-837. Epub 2023 Feb 14.
To calculate the full cost of diagnostic pathology tests for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) across four Italian Pathology Units.
Pathology Units were located in private (2) and public (2) hospitals distributed across the Italian territory (North: 2; Centre: 1; South: 1). Pathologists provided via questionnaire data on tests on NSCLC samples along with the identification and quantification of the necessary healthcare resources (diagnostic technologies, laboratory instruments and personnel). Resources were valued according to hospital-specific unit, yearly and hourly costs (disposables; technologies; professional clusters).
The full cost per NSCLC tissue sample included histopathological immunophenotypic and required molecular analysis. Overall, it reached € 659.77 and it was mainly composed of direct costs (77.69%). The processing of a NSCLC tissue sample was labour intensive, as a relevant share of the full cost (44.98%) was actually due to personnel costs, with laboratory technicians, biologists and pathologist driving this finding (17.09%,12.43% and 10.81%, respectively).
The results of this research can facilitate the negotiation of new dedicated tariffs for NSCLC sample processing with the national or local third party-payers.
计算意大利四个病理科单位非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)诊断病理学检测的全成本。
病理科单位位于意大利各地的私立(2 家)和公立医院(2 家)。病理学家通过问卷提供 NSCLC 样本检测以及必要医疗资源(诊断技术、实验室仪器和人员)的识别和量化数据。根据医院特定的单元、年度和小时成本(消耗品;技术;专业集群)来评估资源。
每例 NSCLC 组织样本的全成本包括组织病理学免疫表型和所需的分子分析。总体而言,达到 659.77 欧元,主要由直接成本(77.69%)构成。处理 NSCLC 组织样本需要大量的人力,因为全成本的一个重要部分(44.98%)实际上是人员成本,其中实验室技术人员、生物学家和病理学家占比最大(分别为 17.09%、12.43%和 10.81%)。
这项研究的结果可以促进与国家或地方第三方付款人就 NSCLC 样本处理达成新的专用定价。