Estimation of the incidence of genital warts and the cost of illness in Germany: A cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Unit cost for resources used in the management and treatment of genital warts

	Resource	Unit cost (euros)
Outpatient visits ^a	Basic visit	19.37
Office-based treatments ^a	Cryotherapy, electrosurgery, laser therapy	19.37
	Curettage	86.59
	Trichloroacetic acid	38.37
Diagnostic tests ^a,b	Acetic acid tests/solcoderman	38.37
	Anoscopy/proctoscopy	8.86
	Biopsy	86.59
	Colposcopy	4.25
	Histological examination	26.34
	Hybrid capture II (HPV DNA test)	40.00
	Pap smear	5.42
	Polymerase chain reaction (HPV PCR)	16.40
	Urethroscopy/meatoscopy (men)	47.46
	Urethroscopy/meatoscopy (women)	29.44
	Visual examination	0
Hospital-based treatments ^c	Colposcopy	1,490.60
	Curettage, biopsy	1,252.80
	Electosurgery or laser therapy (men)	1,403.60
	Electosurgery or laser therapy (women)	1,464.50
	Proctoscopy (men)	1,403.60
	Proctoscopy (women)	1,490.60
	Urethroscopy	1,403.60
Medications ^d	Aldara^® 5% cream	99.78
	Condylox^® solution	35.26
	Solcoderman	38.37
	Triapten (2 g)	16.91
	Triapten (6 g)	45.00
	Virudermin gel	4.85
	Wartec^® cream 0.15%	39.50
Indirect cost	Lost work day (GDP/person/day)^e	118.89

^aEinheitliche Bewertungsmasstab (EBM) [16]. ^bGebührenordnung für Ärzte (GOA) [17]. ^cGerman Diagnosis Related Groups [18].^dGelbe Liste Pharmindex [19]. ^eCalculated as: Gross domestic product (GDP) for Germany in 2004 (2207 billion euros)/population in 2004 (82,500,705; and number of working days per year (225) [15, 20, 21].

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