Table 2.

Details of cost calculation per clinical category

Item	Basis or details of calculation	Cost (in US$)
Hospital & facility charges	Includes laboratory expenses, radiographs, CT-scans, biopsy expenses and medications	143.0 (per day, per patient)
Operating Room costs	Calculated according to the hours of OR use and consists of:	Up to 1 h : 303.0
	i) scrubbed nurses' fee and OR expenses	1–2,5 h: 445.0
	ii) anesthesiologist's assistant fee and sedative medications costs.	3 h or more: 570.0
Surgeon's Fees	Based on Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons	Biopsies (minor): 160.0
	Association fees (suggested price list)	Medium surg.: 210.0
		Major surg.: 392.0
Anesthesiologist's Fees.	Based on Society of Anesthesiologists fees	Minor cases: 210.0
		Major cases: 390.0
Radiation Therapy costs	1) Radical Radiation Therapy for local control	Total for 1: 2,195.0
	2) Post-op Radiation Therapy:	Total for 2: 885.0
Chemotherapy costs	Daily total chemotherapy costs (hospitalization cost + medication costs)	277.0 (per day, per patient)
Other costs	1) Leibinger or AO Titanium Reconstruction plates and screws	1) 580.0 per case
	2) MEDPOR or other alloplastic material	2) as needed
	3) Intensive Care Unit	3) ICU: 785.0 per day