costs registered in the UAC from one national reference hospital, recently built, assessed its IC and from that information determined the AOCM; then, we described all the process from the arrival of patient, the preparation of medication, administration and discharge, for each route of administration, and then, compared each other, estimating its cost. Results: We determined the AOCM in $0,44 US dollars per minute, 87% of it is defined by human resources. The current demand on UAC has an annual growth of 6,3%, IC is insufficient to attend this demand in normal working hours, so it is required extraordinary shifts. The time needed to administer one treatment with intravenous trastuzumab is five times greater than with the subcutaneous preparation. Conclusions: The use of subcutaneous preparation of trastuzumab offers an advantage to CCSS in terms of opportunity and financial costs, derived from a diminished time required to prepare and administer medication, which is critical considering that IC has been surpassed.
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