Table 3.
The health system cost and household cost of managing single stage II oral cancer patient for 1 year
| Cost category | Item | Cost in SLR |
| System | ||
| Recurrent cost | Clinic visit | 273 |
| Biopsy | 1399 | |
| Dental extraction | 337 | |
| X-ray | 532 | |
| Scan | 255 | |
| Lab | 636 | |
| Ward management | 7983 | |
| Surgery | 41 946 | |
| Surgery consumables | 202 | |
| Follow-up clinic visit | 3000 | |
| Staff overhead cost | 527 | |
| Total | 57 091 (US$381) | |
| Capital cost | Land | 145 |
| Building | 158 | |
| Furniture | 1585 | |
| Total | 1888 (US$13) | |
| Household cost | ||
| Direct cost (Out Of Pocket Expenditure) | Medicines/investigations | 18 200 |
| Travel | 11 249 | |
| Food | 8839 | |
| Total | 38 287 (US$256) | |
| Indirect costs | Patient_stay home | 8858 |
| Patient_ward days | 8176 | |
| Patient clinic | 8176 | |
| Carer cost ward | 7840 | |
| Companion clinic visit | 6311 | |
| Total | 39 362 (US$263) | |
| Total cost | 136 629 (US$912) |
SLR, Sri Lankan rupees.