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.