Table 3.
Component Wise Breakdown of Out of Pocket (OOP) Expenditure on Different Treatment Modalities
| Treatment modalities |
Type of Radio-therapy | Direct medical expenditure in INR (SE) |
Direct non-medical expenditure in INR (SE) |
Total direct expenditure (SE) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | Diagnostic | Procedure/User fee | Travel | Boarding/Lodging/ Food | INR | USD | ||
| Radiotherapy alone | 2DRT | 4,007 (442) | 4,838 (279) | 3,797 (185) | 12,868 (692) | 5,967 (479) | 31,487 (1225) | 469 (18) |
| IMRT | 5,082 (1488) | 6,618 (1322) | 9,307 (1275) | 12,535 (1679) | 8,864 (1624) | 42,405 (4993) | 631 (74) | |
| Overall | 4,095 (424) | 4,984 (279) | 4,247 (219) | 12,840 (650) | 6,212 (431) | 32,379 (1208) | 482 (18) | |
| Radiotherapy along with chemotherapy | 2DRT | 7,485 (843) | 5,715 (374) | 3,862 (442) | 13,589 (1299) | 4,820 (482) | 35,471 (2196) | 528 (33) |
| IMRT | 8,836 (2113) | 6,642 (866) | 10,551 (1208) | 13,316 (1961) | 8,650 (1887) | 47,995 (5188) | 714 (77) | |
| Overall | 7,670 (781) | 5,842 (344) | 4781 (461) | 13,551 (1151) | 5,346 (500) | 37,192 (2052) | 554 (90) | |
| Surgery followed by radiotherapy | 2DRT | 14,751 (3756) | 7,149 (1459) | 10,750 (2654) | 12,714 (1441) | 7,231 (1537) | 52,595 (7677) | 783 (114) |
| IMRT | 24,569 (5177) | 12,638 (4212) | 16,412 (4720) | 14,834 (3152) | 7,809 (1684) | 76,262 (8612) | 1,135 (128) | |
| Overall | 18,110 (3095) | 9,027 (1749) | 12,686 (2381) | 13,439 (1420) | 7,429 (1151) | 60,691 (6065) | 903 (31) | |
| Surgery followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy | 2DRT | 14,138 (5456) | 5,657 (935) | 12,800 (3551) | 14,557 (1410) | 10,721 (2836) | 57,873 (8721) | 861 (130) |
| IMRT | 31,757 (11538) | 12,471 (3142) | 19,171 (3302) | 15,800 (2290) | 7,493 (2395) | 86,692 (15581) | 1,290 (232) | |
| Overall | 20,010 (5446) | 7,929 (1372) | 14923 (2647) | 14971 (1184) | 9,645 (2644) | 67,480 (8152) | 20,010 (5446) | |