Table 4.

The health system cost and household cost of managing a single stage III and IV oral cancer patient for 1 year

Cost category	Item	Cost in SLR
System cost
Recurrent cost	Clinic visit	273
	Biopsy	1399
	Dental extractions	337
	Dental restorations	415
	X-ray	532
	Scan	255
	CT scan	1094
	Lab	1062
	Ward management	7983
	Surgery	50 383
	Surgery consumables	190
	ICU ward management	113 782
	ICU investigation	998
	Radiotherapy	55 818
	Chemotherapy	63 683
	Follow-up clinic visit	3000
	Staff overhead cost	527
	Total	301 731 (US$2011)
Capital cost	Land	145
	Building	158
	Furniture	1585
	Total	1888 (US$13)
Household cost
Direct cost (Out Of Pocket Expenditure)	Medicines/investigations	12 059
	Travel	10 126
	Food	10 385
	Total	32 570 (US$217)
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		375 551 (US$2507)

SLR, Sri Lankan rupees.