Sublingual immunotherapy tablet for the treatment of house dust mite allergic rhinitis in Canada: an alternative to minimize treatment costs?

Table 3 Costs of SQ HDM SLIT-tablet and HDM SCIT treatment per year (Ontario and Quebec; in $ CAD)

Cost category	Ontario			Quebec
Cost category	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
SQ HDM SLIT-tablet
Drug costs	1534.58	1534.58	1534.58	1536.65	1536.65	1536.65
Tablet costs	1427.15	1427.15	1427.15	1427.15	1427.15	1427.15
Dispensing fee	107.43	107.43	107.43	109.50	109.50	109.50
Physician costs	103.22	47.48	47.48	148.00	59.50	59.50
GP costs	23.59	16.85	16.85	34.18	29.75	29.75
Specialists costs	79.63	30.63	30.63	113.83	29.75	29.75
Nurse costs	–	–	–	22.50	0.00	0.00
Total health care costs	1637.80	1582.06	1582.06	1707.15	1596.15	1596.15
Patients costs	97.65	42.38	42.38	93.78	40.73	40.73
Time costs	77.37	32.24	32.24	73.98	30.83	30.83
Travel costs	20.28	10.14	10.14	19.80	9.90	9.90
Total costs	1735.45	1624.43	1624.43	1800.93	1636.88	1636.88
HDM SCIT
Drug costs	333.68	139.93	139.93	333.68	139.93	139.93
Physician costs	1186.03	406.32	406.32	613.00	254.50	254.50
Injection with consultation costs (Ontario), injection only (Quebec)	1130.29	350.58	350.58	465.00	195.00	195.00
GP costs	299.42	322.95	322.95	441.75	185.25	185.25
Specialists costs	830.88	27.63	27.63	23.25	9.75	9.75
Consultation only costs	55.74	55.74	55.74	148.00	59.50	59.50
GP costs	6.74	6.74	6.74	34.18	29.75	29.75
Specialists costs	49.00	49.00	49.00	113.83	29.75	29.75
Nurse costs	465.00	195.00	195.00	697.50	292.50	292.50
Total Health care costs	1984.72	741.25	741.25	1644.18	686.93	686.93
Patients costs	1798.98	773.13	773.13	1522.30	644.95	644.95
Time costs	1484.64	641.31	641.31	1195.60	506.35	506.35
Travel costs	314.34	131.82	131.82	326.70	138.60	138.60
Total costs	3783.70	1514.38	1514.38	3166.48	1331.88	1331.88

GP general practitioner, HDM SCIT house dust mite subcutaneous immunotherapy, SQ HDM SLIT-tablet SQ house dust mite sublingual immunotherapy tablet

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