Estimating the Costs of Intensity-Modulated and 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy in Ontario

Abstract

Our costing model can be modified to estimate the costs of 3D-crt and imrt for various disease sites and settings. The results demonstrate the important role of capital costs in studies of radiotherapy cost from a health system perspective, which our model can accommodate. In addition, our study established the need for future analyses of imrt cost to consider how vmat affects time consumption.