Table 2.

Parameters of Model B.

Cost data		Costs (Base value and S.E)	Distribution	Formula for distribution parameter	Probabilistic value	Source of data
1	Screening costs in INR
	Conventional oral examination	254.23	Uniform	$RAND()\ast Basevalue+(S.E-Basevalue)$	197.08	Estimated cost. Detailed in Supplementary file Table S2 A
	Toluidine blue staining	261.87	Uniform	$RAND()\ast Basevalue+(S.E-Basevalue)$	107.62	Estimated cost. Detailed in Supplementary file Table S2 B
	Oral cytology/Brush biopsy	690.67	Uniform	$RAND()\ast Basevalue+(S.E-Basevalue)$	290.35	Estimated cost (as per CGHS 2014 and 2015)14, 15, 16
	Light-based detection	402.75	Uniform	$RAND()\ast Basevalue+(S.E-Basevalue)$	96.14	Estimated cost. Detailed in Supplementary file Table S2 D
2	Diagnostic costs (INR)
	Clinical oral examination + Oral biopsy	565.00	Uniform	$RAND()\ast Basevalue+(S.E-Basevalue)$	286.13	Estimated cost. Detailed in Supplementary file Section 2
3	Treatment costs in (INR)
	Precancerous	12,280.00	Uniform	$RAND()\ast Basevalue+(S.E-Basevalue)$	6826.91	Estimated cost. Detailed in Supplementary file Tables S6 and S7
	Stage I/II	90,293.30	Uniform	$RAND()\ast Basevalue+(S.E-Basevalue)$	68063.80	Estimated cost. Detailed in Supplementary file Tables S6 and S7
	Stage III	98,272.95	Uniform	$RAND()\ast Basevalue+(S.E-Basevalue)$	110645.20	Estimated cost. Detailed in Supplementary file Tables S6 and S7
	Stage IV	90,689.43	Uniform	$RAND()\ast Basevalue+(S.E-Basevalue)$	92000.77	Estimated cost. Detailed in Supplementary file Tables S6 and S7
4	GDP per capita, India (INR)	132,750.55	N/A			https://tradingeconomics.com/india/gdp-per-capita2021.24