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Issues of MDMs
•
None of the included studies in this review has accounted for the
full costs
of administering, preparing for and attending an MDM
•
An audit conducted at a large teaching hospital/cancer centre
estimated that the average annual cost of MDMs in salaries alone
was about £1 million
Fosker CJ, Dodwell D: The cost of the MDT (2010)
The omission of the associated costs in any cost-effectiveness analysis of
MDM could lead to an
underestimation of costs