Table 1. The Number of Receipts Associated with Radiotherapy in 2015, 2017, and 2019.

From: National Survey of Radiotherapy Utilization Trends from 2015 to 2019, Based on the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan

Medical fee code Category name Description 2015 2017 2019 CAGR******* (%)
M000 Radiotherapy management fee Simple* 61212 53932 49984 −4.94
Complex** 67798 61621 60276 −2.90
Special*** 93785 98829 108337 3.67
IMRT**** 23454 32123 41894 15.61
M000-2 Radioisotope therapy management fee Thyroid cancer 9482 9134 8996 −1.31
Solid tumor bone metastases 1968 3438 292 −37.94
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B cell) 364 513 340 −1.69
CRPC***** with bone metastases 0 0 4658 N.A.
M001-2 Stereotactic radiotherapy with gamma knife SRT****** with gamma knife 13371 3424 11008 −1.08
(A400) Short stay surgery basic fee Gamma knife in short stay surgery 0 9874 1797
M001-3 Radiotherapy with linear accelerator SRT with linear accelerator 13200 15574 17834 7.81
Others 2115 3127 4124 18.17
M001-4 Particle therapy Proton therapy 0 134 2302 314.48
Heavy particle therapy 0 226 2763 249.65
M002 Total body irradiation Total body irradiation 921 873 844 −2.16
M003 Hyperthermia therapy Superficial tumor 552 616 538 −0.64
Deep-seated tumor 7591 7353 5801 −6.50
 Total number of receipts 295813 3007 3217 2.13
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