Background: Granulocyte-colony stimulating factors (G-CSFs) reduce the risk of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. Lipegfilgrastim is a long-acting, once-per-cycle G-CSF, while Brazil's standard of care is short-acting filgrastim. A cost-effectiveness and budget impact analysis of lipegfilgrastim was conducted with filgrastim and once-per-cycle pegfilgrastim for adults at risk of neutropenia in Brazil. Methods: The decision model used national and clinical data to evaluate the costs and outcomes of each treatment. Costs included drug and medical expenses, outpatient and inpatient neutropenia treatments, and adverse events. Health outcomes included incidence of neutropenia-related events. For the budget impact analysis, health outcomes and costs for the pre/post-lipegfilgrastim scenarios were combined to identify expenditure with lipegfilgrastim's introduction. Results: Total cost per patient during a course of four chemotherapy cycles was
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