BACKGROUND: @entity150 ( @entity150 ) has the highest lifetime treatment costs per @entity1 of all @entity5 . The objective of this study was to characterize the use of health-care services and costs associated with @entity150 among @entity1 who underwent radical cystectomy (RC) in the province of Quebec. METHODS: We conducted a descriptive study in a retrospective cohort of @entity1 who underwent RC for @entity150 between 2000 and 2009. Data was obtained from two health administrative databases (RAMQ and ISQ). We calculated average costs per @entity1 and total costs in 2014 Canadian dollars for the following components of costs: 1) Pre-surgery costs (pre and post-urologist consultations, urologist consultations, cystoscopies, TURBTs, imaging procedures); 2) Costs of radical cystectomy and 3) Post-surgery costs (urologist consultations, post-operative consultations, medical oncologist consultations, imaging procedures and post-operative complication management). ARIMA models were used to evaluate trends in average costs per @entity1 over the study period. RESULTS: Among 2759 @entity1 included in the study (75  % @entity1 ), average pre-surgery costs, RC costs, and post-surgery costs were estimated at 3762 , 18979  and 4770 , respectively. RC cost was responsible for 69  % of total costs, followed by post-operative consultations (7.8  %), post-operative complications and TURBTs (6  % of total costs, each). Academic hospitals performed RC at a lower average cost, compared to community hospitals (difference of  1000, p   <   .0001). A decreased trend in post-surgery costs was detected in the year 2009. CONCLUSIONS: Costs of RC, TURBT, consultations and post-operative complications were the most important economic components of total RC cost per @entity1 in Quebec. Academic hospitals performed RC at a lower cost, compared to community hospitals.

Health-care services utilization and costs associated with radical cystectomy for XXXX : a descriptive population-based study in the province of Quebec, Canada.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'men'] @entity150 :: ('MESH:D001749', 'Disease') :: ['BC', 'Bladder cancer'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancers']
@entity150 :: (MESH:D001749,Disease) :: ['bladder cancer']
