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Table 3 Costs of health services over 3 months of follow-up

From: Traditional Chinese medicine formula 01 for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC01) for head & neck cancer and health-related quality of life: a retrospective study

 

NPC01(RMB)

Controls (RMB)

Costs

38.94

12.81

General practitioner

0.00

0.00

Community nurse

0.00

0.00

Physiotherapist

0.00

0.00

Speech and language therapist

0.00

0.00

Occupational health therapist

0.00

0.00

Dietician

0.00

0.00

Other healthcare professional

0.00

0.00

Oncology inpatient ward

0.00

0.00

Medical inpatient ward

0.00

0.00

Intensive care inpatient ward

0.00

0.00

Outpatient visits

13.6 ± 11

16.3 ± 25.2

Total costs for 3 months

4725 ± 101

2619 ± 75

  1. The cost of NPC01 was 38.94 RMB per patient and the cost of regular follow-up was 12.81 RMB per patient. The total cost of each patient in the NPC01 group and control group was 4725 RMB and 2619 RMB respectively