Table 2.

Economic burden of asbestos-related lung cancer*

Based on 1904 cases in 2011	All cases		Per case
Total healthcare costs	$C81 831 543		$C42 974
Healthcare sector treatment costs		$C46 154 063		$C24 238
Out-of-pocket costs		$C35 677 480		$C18 736
Total productivity and output costs	$C498 309 077		$C261 690
Wage and salary costs		$C126 275 066		$C66 314
Fringe benefit costs		$C15 507 464		$C8 144
Home production costs		$C356 526 546		$C187 232
Total friction costs	$C10 542 816		$C5 537
Total informal care giving costs	$C32 857 086		$C17 255
Total insurance administration costs	$C21 201 183		$C11 134
Healthcare administration costs		$C7 627 244		$C4 005
Workers’ compensation administration costs		$C13 573 939		$C7 128
Total health-related quality of life costs	$C1 224 370 103		$C642 986
Overall total costs	$C1 869 111 809		$C981 576

*2011 Canadian dollars.