Minimally invasive surgery alone compared with intensity-modulated radiotherapy for primary stage I nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Table 4 Medical cost in hospital stay

Variables	ENPG (n = 10)		IMRT (n = 329)		P
Variables	Mean ± SD	Median	Mean ± SD	Median	P
Indirect cost ($)	2829.82 ± 1268.38	3146.43	2973.49 ± 3267.11	2079.57	0.890
Hospital bed and nurse cost	193.79 ± 133.44	153.29	226.86 ± 251.18	94.12	0.472
Total workup	1126.13 ± 785.92	934.75	1160.24 ± 742.21	1039.26	0.886
Medicine	1293.68 ± 641.15	1183.52	1350.54 ± 2734.17	507.27	0.948
Others	216.23 ± 154.83	219.24	235.85 ± 1186.06	83.53	0.958
Direct cost ($)	1260.60 ± 636.48	1176.97	9647.39 ± 2676.09	9482.77	< 0.001
Costs of surgery/anesthesia	1260.60 ± 636.48	1176.97	12.68 ± 25.21	2.23	< 0.001
Radiation session IMRT	0	0	9634.71 ± 2673.39	9459.82	< 0.001
Total treatment cost ($)	4090.42 ± 1502.65	4364.48	12,620.88 ± 4242.65	11,693.87	< 0.001

$1.00 = ¥6.72 (March 11, 2019)
$ US dollar, ¥ Chinese yuan, ENPG endoscopic nasopharyngectomy, IMRT intensity-modulated radiotherapy, SD standard deviation

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