Table 3.

Analysis of cost of cancer care

Costs of cancer treatment	Average amount (INR)	SD (INR)
Direct cost
Average consultation cost	168	120
Average investigation cost	4026	7887
Average medication cost (including procedure cost, where applicable)	20,709	61,645
Average cost of stay	703	4200
Average total direct cost	25,606
Indirect cost
Average travel cost	676	518
Average food cost	334	501
Average patient income loss	3880	15,830
Average companion income loss	600	1094
Average caregiver income loss	3282	8443
Average total indirect cost	8772

SD=Standard deviation, INR=International normalized ratio