Table 2 Average annual direct medical, direct non-medical, and indirect costs per studied breast cancer patient (USD)
From: Economic burden of breast cancer: a case of Southern Iran
|  | Type of costs | Mean Costs by Stage | Total Mean ± SD | Median | % | % of total costs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | II | III | IV | ||||||
Direct medical costs | Physicians and oncologist visits | 164.68 | 213.01 | 258.47 | 270.42 | 226.65 ± 103 | 202.38 | 2.68 | 70.69 |
Radiotherapy | 674.60 | 2091.87 | 3912.28 | 6758.48 | 3359.31 ± 5133.81 | 2199.05 | 39.67 | ||
Chemotherapy | 215.61 | 764.57 | 1050.11 | 1198.81 | 802.78 ± 857.05 | 857.14 | 9.48 | ||
Radiography | 386.51 | 536.45 | 546.23 | 537.22 | 501.60 ± 289.44 | 476.19 | 5.92 | ||
Physiotherapy | 0 | 8.21 | 27.62 | 70.24 | 26.52 ± 135.76 | 0 | 0.31 | ||
hormone therapy | 0 | 351.39 | 575.82 | 1000 | 481.80 ± 1093.05 | 0 | 5.69 | ||
Laboratory tests | 224.87 | 530.79 | 697.87 | 784.03 | 559.39 ± 298.92 | 633.93 | 6.61 | ||
Lymphedema | 0 | 16.01 | 89.11 | 67.26 | 43.09 ± 140.91 | 0 | 0.51 | ||
Hospitalization | 973.65 | 2066.05 | 2448.34 | 2977.80 | 2116.46 ± 1007.85 | 2619.05 | 25.00 | ||
Medications and drugs | 230.16 | 360.22 | 367.91 | 441.47 | 349.94 ± 312.51 | 321.43 | 4.13 | ||
Total | 2870.08 | 6938.57 | 9973.76 | 14105.73 | 8467.54 ± 6318.41 | 8644.41 | 100 | ||
Direct non-medical costs | Accommodation | 26.45 | 345.65 | 697.18 | 769.44 | 459.68 ± 1069.26 | 0 | 22.03 | 17.42 |
Transportation of patients and their companions | 280.42 | 810.86 | 1123.81 | 1048.04 | 815.78 ± 648.62 | 821.43 | 39.09 | ||
Patients and their companions’ food | 207.67 | 612.89 | 982.20 | 796.82 | 649.90 ± 1041.63 | 476.19 | 31.14 | ||
Phone and internet calls with family | 12.17 | 20.89 | 18.42 | 25.36 | 19.21 ± 27.96 | 11.90 | 0.92 | ||
Purchasing assistive devices | 0 | 10.06 | 18.72 | 69.05 | 24.46 ± 172.65 | 0 | 1.17 | ||
Babysitter and housemaid | 0 | 146.96 | 121.94 | 202.38 | 117.82 ± 431.05 | 0 | 5.65 | ||
Total | 526.71 | 1947.31 | 2962.27 | 2911.09 | 2086.85 ± 1969.98 | 2422.62 | 100 | ||
Indirect costs | Patient companions’ absenteeism due to patient care | 502.64 | 1151.48 | 736.24 | 341.27 | 682.91 ± 1049.13 | 0 | 47.93 | 11.89 |
Patients’ absenteeism due to the disease | 1216.93 | 524.22 | 554.90 | 671.13 | 741.79 ± 2777.70 | 0 | 52.07 | ||
Total | 1719.57 | 1675.70 | 1291.14 | 1012.40 | 1424.70 ± 2945.82 | 4017.86 | 100 | ||
Total Cost | 5116.36 | 10561.58 | 14227.17 | 18029.22 | 11979.09 ± 7777.68 | 11893.45 |  | 100 | |