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Table 4 Costs and potential savings of 3 year’s treatment: SQ HDM SLIT-tablet vs. HDM SCIT (Ontario and Quebec; in $CAD)

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

Cost category

Ontario

Quebec

SQ HDM SLIT-tablet

HDM SCIT

SQ HDM SLIT-tablet vs. HDM SCIT

SQ HDM SLIT-tablet

HDM SCIT

SQ HDM SLIT-tablet vs. HDM SCIT

Drug costs

4536.04

607.37

3928.67

4542.16

607.37

3934.78

Physician costs

196.07

1980.74

− 1784.67

264.38

1110.77

− 846.40

Nurse costs

846.40

− 846.39

22.50

1269.60

− 1247.09

Total health care costs

4732.12

3434.51

1297.60

4829.03

2987.74

1841.29

Indirect costs (patient)

180.54

3311.14

− 3130.60

173.43

2783.75

− 2610.32

Total costs

4912.65

6745.65

− 1833.00

5002.47

5771.49

− 769.03

  1. HDM SCIT house dust mite subcutaneous immunotherapy, SQ HDM SLIT-tablet SQ house dust mite sublingual immunotherapy tablet