Hospital costs incurred by the Italian National Health Service for invasive cervical cancer

Methods. A longitudinal, retrospective, cohort study was designed to assess the mean treatment cost of invasive cervical cancer, cross-linking clinical and administrative databases. The study was performed from the Italian NHS perspective. Costs were estimated using DRG charges. All patients with histological diagnosis of invasive cervical cancer admitted to Gynecologic Oncology centres of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart between 2000 and 2007 were enrolled.