Table 4.

Mean cost of post-operative treatment for resected SCCHN patient per year

Followed year after resection	1 yr	2 yr	3 yr	4 yr	5 yr	Grand total
Number of patients	11,403	9,697	8,433	7,774	7,399	44,706
Secondary Surgery	208	45	27	29	19	328
Reconstructive surgery	2,275	85	49	55	38	2,502
Radiotherapy	187	4	6	1	2	201
Chemotherapy	67	17	10	11	8	113
Chemo related condition
Anemia	33	6	3	2	1	45
Neutropenia	36	6	3	2	3	49
Thrombocytopenia	37	6	3	2	0	48
Nausea/Emesis	14	1	1	1	1	18
Mucositis	5	0	0	0	1	6
Pain	19	3	3	0	0	26
	144	23	13	7	5	192
Inpatient stay	16,448	1,050	536	378	230	18,642
Inpatient care cost (£)	19,330	1,224	641	482	302	21,978
Outpatient visit
General surgery	16	15	16	13	13	73
Oral surgery	244	128	94	75	63	603
Restorative dentistry	24	25	17	16	13	95
Oral and maxillo facial surgery	27	20	16	16	15	94
Plastic surgery	11	6	5	5	4	31
Pain management	0	0	0	0	0	0
General medicine	27	23	23	20	16	109
Palliative medicine	14	12	9	5	8	48
Medical oncology	50	20	17	13	10	111
Radiology	1	0	0	0	0	2
	414	249	198	163	143	1,167
Radiotherapy	34	4	7	5	8	57
Chemotherapy	1	0	1	3	3	9
Outpatient care cost (£)	448	254	206	172	153	1,233
Total cost (£)	19,778	1,477	847	653	455	23,212