Table 6.

Cost of lost time of patients and companions per employed and unemployed person’s salary

Variable	Average lost days	Standard Deviation	Average income of working people based on dollars (daily)	$Total cost	Percent
Lost times due to patients’ disability and travel	20.66	13.71	8.77	181.21	18.62
Time lost due to the travel of the patient’s companions	15.74	10.54		138.31	14.21
The average number of days of unpaid care and nursing	24.77	13.8		217.1	22.31
The monetary value of production lost as a result of the death of the individual in question	-	-	-	436.1	44.84
Total	61.17	12.68	8.52	972.72	100