Treatment-Related Healthcare Costs of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer in Germany: A Claims Data Study.
Kristine KreisDirk Horenkamp-SonntagUdo SchneiderJan ZeidlerGerd GlaeskeLothar WeißbachPublished in: PharmacoEconomics - open (2020)
mCRPC treatment imposes a high economic burden on statutory health insurance. Cabazitaxel is associated with substantially higher expenses, resulting from higher drug costs and a greater need for inpatient treatment. As mCRPC continues to be incurable, decision makers and clinician leaders should carefully evaluate public access to innovative agents and optimal treatment strategies.
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