Report in English with a French summary - KCE
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<strong>KCE</strong> reports vol.39 Sp<strong>in</strong>e technology 25<br />
costs were taken <strong>in</strong>to account for vertebroplasty. Another Canadian source mentioned<br />
a cost of 220 - 440 <strong>in</strong> 2002 for vertebroplasty that <strong>in</strong>cludes material but also<br />
physician fees 69 .<br />
In Australia, the costs of vertebroplasty are between 220 - 440 (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g physician s<br />
fees and material, but not pre-exam<strong>in</strong>ations and hospital fees). The cost of balloon<br />
kyphoplasty material alone is around 3,800 (and is not yet approved <strong>in</strong> Australia) 90 .<br />
In 2005, the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Health of Italy estimated the material costs for vertebroplasty<br />
to be between 500 and 725 (mean = 608) or between 695 and 1832 for a<br />
complete kit (mean = 1053), based on five hospital practices 91 . For balloon<br />
kyphoplasty, material costs amounted to 3,173 - 3,534 (mean = 3,400) 92 . To these<br />
costs the Italian DRG-reimbursement should be added, which is the same for both<br />
procedures. In a recent article <strong>in</strong> the European Journal of Trauma, reported material<br />
costs were respectively more or less 200 and 3,000 93 .<br />
The table below summarizes the material costs <strong>in</strong>formation found <strong>in</strong> the literature<br />
compared to Belgian prices. We did not add the costs of the procedure as they differ<br />
from one healthcare system to another and thus cannot be compared. Depend<strong>in</strong>g on<br />
the cement used (one level: PMMA 80 or phosphocalcic cement 485), the<br />
kyphoplasty material <strong>in</strong> Belgium ranges from 3,470 to 4,000. Additional material for<br />
an extra vertebra costs 3,000 (2 extra balloons and 6 extra bone filler devices).<br />
Table 2 : Cost of vertebroplasty (needles + cement) and balloon kyphoplasty<br />
(whole kit + cement) material from different countries <strong>in</strong> Euro.<br />
USA (2004) 68,<br />
94<br />
Canada<br />
(2002) 69<br />
Australia<br />
(2003) 90<br />
Denmark<br />
(2004) 57<br />
Italy<br />
(2005) 91<br />
92<br />
Spa<strong>in</strong><br />
(2005) 95<br />
Belgium<br />
(2006)<br />
(from<br />
experts<br />
and<br />
Kyphon)<br />
Vertebroplasty 340 - 460 330 - 440 600 -<br />
1050<br />
1100 450<br />
Balloon<br />
Kyphoplasty<br />
2860-2940 (*) 2860 (*) 3840 - 3400 4250 3600<br />
(*) For balloon kyphoplasty : American prices from literature date from 2004 and the<br />
Canadian ones from 2002. Now, the 2006 Kyphon catalog gives canadian prices from<br />
3500 to 3600 and American prices from 2950 to 3020 , all of them cement<br />
excluded.<br />
3.4.3.2 Procedural costs<br />
Both procedures can be done on an outpatient basis and either <strong>with</strong> sedation and an<br />
analgesic or under general anaesthesia, depend<strong>in</strong>g on the general condition of the<br />
patient as well as on the number of levels that are treated. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to a Canadian<br />
report and an American report, both from 2004, a balloon kyphoplasty lasted around<br />
60 to 90 m<strong>in</strong>utes per level treated and patients were observed for a few hours; some<br />
patients might require an overnight stay 68 64 . Currently the procedure times are<br />
reduced. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the Kyphon website, a vertebroplasty lasts 30 to 45 m<strong>in</strong>utes.<br />
Vallejo et al. reported even faster times: 20 m<strong>in</strong>utes for a vertebroplasty and 30-45<br />
m<strong>in</strong>utes for a balloon kyphoplasty 96 . The longer operation time required for balloon<br />
kyphoplasty could <strong>in</strong>crease the costs 68 .<br />
3.4.3.3 Cost-effectiveness<br />
In an abstract presented at the most recent HTAi meet<strong>in</strong>g, balloon kyphoplasty was<br />
estimated to be cost-effective compared to conventional medical management 97 . The<br />
<strong>in</strong>cremental cost-effectiveness ratio was estimated at 4,065 per QALY follow<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
Markov Model <strong>with</strong> a 2 years horizon for a 70 year-old woman suffer<strong>in</strong>g from primary<br />
osteoporosis and present<strong>in</strong>g a first vertebral compression fracture. Sensitivity analyses