{"title":"[A Report on Health Resource Use in Internal Radiation Therapy with <sup>131</sup>I-MIBG].","authors":"Katsuhiko Kato, Soichi Nakamura, Yoshinori Matoba, Seigo Kinuya","doi":"10.18893/kakuigaku.tr.2103","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Internal radiation therapy using 3-iodobenzylguanidine (<sup>131</sup>I) injection (<sup>131</sup>I-MIBG injection) will be applied in actual clinical practice soon. However, the NHI medical technical fee for the use of 131I-MIBG injection has not yet been set. The Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine surveyed health resource use for internal radiation therapy using <sup>131</sup>I via questionnaires sent to medical institutions that have used <sup>131</sup>I-MIBG injection. Results showed that the necessary cost per patient is 1,912,671 JPY, which was based on the Draft Proposal for Medical Examination Value (Ver. 7.2) of the Japanese Health Insurance Federation for Surgery. <sup>131</sup>I-MIBG injection is supposed to be administered once to each patient and the patient is followed up for 4 months after administration. The fee per treatment is calculated to be 478,168 JPY per month. The appropriate NHI medical technical fee is thus considered to be 47,817 points per month per patient per treatment, which can be claimed up to 4 times.</p>","PeriodicalId":17738,"journal":{"name":"Kaku igaku. The Japanese journal of nuclear medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Kaku igaku. The Japanese journal of nuclear medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.18893/kakuigaku.tr.2103","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Internal radiation therapy using 3-iodobenzylguanidine (131I) injection (131I-MIBG injection) will be applied in actual clinical practice soon. However, the NHI medical technical fee for the use of 131I-MIBG injection has not yet been set. The Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine surveyed health resource use for internal radiation therapy using 131I via questionnaires sent to medical institutions that have used 131I-MIBG injection. Results showed that the necessary cost per patient is 1,912,671 JPY, which was based on the Draft Proposal for Medical Examination Value (Ver. 7.2) of the Japanese Health Insurance Federation for Surgery. 131I-MIBG injection is supposed to be administered once to each patient and the patient is followed up for 4 months after administration. The fee per treatment is calculated to be 478,168 JPY per month. The appropriate NHI medical technical fee is thus considered to be 47,817 points per month per patient per treatment, which can be claimed up to 4 times.
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The main scope of JSNM is the appropriate development of the application of radioactive substances and stable nuclides in medicine. Towards this scope, JSNM promotes the exchange of idea and information, and researches in nuclear medicine. JSNM are interested in the international collaboration for the development of nuclear medicine. Through the activities, JSNM contributes to the medicine, as well as humanity, not only in Japan but also in any countries over the world.