Open AccessDetermining Breast Cancer Treatment Costs Using the Top Down Cost Approach
Author(s) -
Rukiye Numanoğlu Tekin,
Meltem Saygılı
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
meme sağlığı dergisi/meme sağlığı dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1306-0953
pISSN - 1306-0945
DOI - 10.5152/ejbh.2019.4909
Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , total cost , health care , indirect costs , cancer , cost driver , medical diagnosis , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , radiology , business , accounting , marketing , economics , economic growth
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in Turkey, with approximately 15.000 breast cancer diagnoses each year. In this study, our goal was to determine annual direct medical costs of all breast cancer patients in Turkey with top down cost approach.