Table 5: Total public expenditures (in constant 2015 dollars) for cancer care in Canada, 2005-2008, according to Economic Burden of Illness in Canada 2005-2008 report⁵ and current revised estimates, by cost category.

Source; cost category	Year; cost, $ millions
	2005	2006	2007	2008
EBIC report estimates
Hospital care	2267.5	2345.7	2504.9	2542.1
Physician care	847.1	894.1	1027.2	1125.9
Outpatient drugs*	408.5	625.2	560.7	509.8
Other care†
Total expenditures	3523.2	3865.0	4092.9	4177.8
Revised estimates
Hospital care	1645.7	1828.7	2463.1	2600.1
Chemotherapy	208.8	301.7	360.0	450.3
Radiation therapy	186.7	286.9	412.0	484.4
Physician care	496.4	549.5	608.3	697.4
Outpatient drugs*	209.9	230.4	255.5	295.0
Other care†	199.5	387.0	368.0	410.9
Total expenditures (excluding chemotherapy, radiation therapy and other care)	2351.9	2608.7	3326.9	3592.5
Total expenditures (including chemotherapy and radiation therapy)	2747.5	3197.4	4098.8	4527.2
Total expenditures (including chemotherapy, radiation therapy and other care)	2947.0	3584.4	4466.8	4938.1
Difference: revised estimates versus EBIC report estimates
Revised estimates excluding chemotherapy, radiation therapy and other care	-1171.2	-1256.3	-766.0	-585.2
Revised estimates including chemotherapy and radiation therapy but excluding other care	-775.7	-667.7	5.9	349.4
Revised estimates including chemotherapy, radiation therapy and other care	-576.2	-280.6	374.0	760.3

Note: EBIC = Economic Burden of Illness in Canada 2005-2008.

*Includes expenditures by both public and private insurance plans in the EBIC report estimates but includes only public expenditures in the revised estimates.

†Includes nonphysician care (including other professional services performed outside the hospital setting), diagnostic testing, home care and assistive devices.