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Table 1 The number of patients and direct medical costs of bladder cancer by stage in Iran in 2018

From: Direct and indirect medical costs of bladder cancer in Iran

Stage

Number of patients

Average cost per patient ($)

Total cost ($)

Percentage of total cost

Year of diagnosis

Sum (percentage of total)

Year of diagnosis

Year of diagnosis

Sum

2014–17

2018

2014–17

2018

2014–17

2018

Low grade (Ta)

7798

2368

10,166 (46.62)

274

1362

2,134,122

3,224,377

5,358,499

18.7

High grade (Ta)

1452

592

2044 (9.37)

1087

3553

1,578,306

2,103,355

3,681,661

12.8

T1

1850

846

2696 (12.36)

1128

3552

2,086,941

3,004,793

5,091,733

17.8

Carcinoma in situ

925

423

1348 (6.18)

1173

2473

1,084,856

1,045,946

2,130,802

7.4

T2–T3

2701

1087

3788 (17.37)

1145

4978

3,093,819

5,411,229

8,505,048

29.7

Metastatic

1040

725

1765 (8.09)

1335

3450

1,388,710

2,501,455

3,890,166

13.6

Sum

15,766

6041

21,807 (100)

721

2862

11,366,754

17,291,156

28,657,910

100