Cost Comparison of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Treatment Options.

To provide an economic context within which to consider treatment options for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). To this end, this review provides a comparison of the costs of combination medical therapy, operative treatment, and office-based therapies for BPH from a payer perspective.

Analysis of Medicare charges from the authors' institution, as well as local retail costs of medication, demonstrated a wide range in costs of commonly used BPH treatments. In this study, interventions for BPH reached cost equivalence with combination medical therapy within 6 months to 8 years. A myriad of options for managing men with symptomatic BPH exist. It is prudent not only to consider surgeon preference and patient-specific factors when selecting a treatment but also to understand the economic impact different BPH therapies confer.

Current urology reports. 2019 Jun 19*** epublish ***

Molly E DeWitt-Foy, Bradley C Gill, James C Ulchaker

Department of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Mail Stop Q10-1 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. ., Department of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Mail Stop Q10-1 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.