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Table 3 Costs of SQ Tree SLIT-tablets and Tree Pollen SCIT treatment per year (in $ CAD)

From: Sublingual immunotherapy tablet: a cost-minimizing alternative in the treatment of tree pollen-induced seasonal allergic rhinitis in Canada

Cost category

Ontario

Quebec

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

SQ Tree SLIT-tablets

 Drug costs

844.98

844.98

844.98

847.68

847.68

847.68

  Tablet costs

792.00

792.00

792.00

792.00

792.00

792.00

  Dispensing fee

52.98

52.98

52.98

55.68

55.68

55.68

 Physician costs

101.95

101.95

101.95

112.68

112.68

112.68

  GP costs

8.28

8.28

8.28

1.88

1.88

1.88

  Specialists costs

93.67

93.67

93.67

110.80

110.80

110.80

 Total Health care costs

946.93

946.93

946.93

960.36

960.36

960.36

 Patients costs

109.16

109.16

109.16

110.63

110.63

110.63

  Time costs

85.56

85.56

85.56

87.03

87.03

87.03

  Travel costs

23.60

23.60

23.60

23.60

23.60

23.60

 Total costs

1056.09

1056.09

1056.09

1070.99

1070.99

1070.99

Tree Pollen SCIT

 Drug costs

265.00

265.00

265.00

265.00

265.00

265.00

 Physician costs

490.70

490.70

490.70

501.63

501.63

501.63

  Injection

44.50

44.50

44.50

51.00

51.00

51.00

  GP costs

4.45

4.45

4.45

0.00

0.00

0.00

  Specialists costs

40.05

40.05

40.05

51.00

51.00

51.00

 Consultation costs

446.20

446.20

446.20

450.63

450.63

450.63

  GP costs

50.99

50.99

50.99

0.00

0.00

0.00

  Specialists costs

395.21

395.21

395.21

450.63

450.63

450.63

 Total Health care costs

951.80

951.80

951.80

937.73

937.73

937.73

 Patients costs

676.52

676.52

676.52

710.29

710.29

710.29

  Time costs

558.52

558.52

558.52

592.29

592.29

592.29

  Travel costs

118.00

118.00

118.00

118.00

118.00

118.00

 Total costs

1432.22

1432.22

1432.22

1476.91

1476.91

1476.91

  1. GP general practitioner, SQ Tree SLIT standardized quality Tree pollen sublingual immunotherapy, Tree Pollen SCIT Tree Pollen subcutaneous immunotherapy