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. 2015 Dec;29(10):899–907. doi: 10.1177/0269216315595203

Table 6.

Mean estimated total cost of care, by cancer type and resource category (millions), with Bayesian credible intervals.

Cancer type Health care
Social care
Charity care
Informal care
Total
Mean (95% CI) Mean (95% CI) Mean (95% CI) Mean (95% CI) Mean (95% CI)
Breast £44.82 (£4.07–£129.35) £29.31 (£0.86–£104.86) £4.95 (£0.07–£19.02) £50.20 (£0.19–£224.97) £130.57 (£12.88–£399.16)
Colorectal £70.10 (£5.96–£209.18) £21.51 (£0.64–£77.25) £6.79 (£0.09–£26.47) £41.16 (£0.15–£192.79) £140.95 (£14.98–£426.66)
Lung £95.57 (£10.05–£270.78) £41.11 (£1.18–£146.47) £13.90 (£0.17to £53.72) £73.25 (£0.27–£337.65) £226.06 (£25.90–£655.81)
Prostate £64.85 (£5.19–£196.45) £26.46 (£0.81–£92.98) £4.68 (£0.06–£18.49) £46.69 (£0.17–£213.17) £144.11 (£13.49–£450.22)
Sub-totals £275.33 £118.39 £30.32 £211.29 £641.68

CI: credible interval.

Based on 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations.