Average utilization of diagnosis and treatment ingredients and unit costs per patient.

aBased on estimates by Costa Rican CCSS.bUnit costs WHO-CHOICE database in 2000 US$. Corrected for inflation: 2000–2009 (2.81 in CR & 1.66 in MX). 2009 exchange rates were used (560.45 CRC/US$ & 13.06 MXN/US$).cBased on values of IMSS.dBased on communication with Unidad de Análisis Económico of MoH.eBased on Norum et al. [61].fBased on Knaul et al. [11].gpalliative care (substitutes stage IV treatment).h50 Gy given in 25 fractions of 2 Gy.idaily dose of 20 mg. Tamoxifen for 5 years.j7 cycles of Epirubicin, Fluorouracil and cyclophosphamide (FEC regimen).k1 fraction of 10 Gy.l40 ml/54 s days.m35 mg/54 days.n8 mg/day.o751mg/day.p5 mg/day.