Table 3.
Total economic burden of occupational nasopharynx cancer (NPC) and sinonasal cancer (SNC).
| Type of Cancer | NPC | SNC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per-Case | Total | % | Per-Case | Total | % | |
| Direct costs | ||||||
| Healthcare cost | CAD 52,531 | CAD 575,206 | 11 | CAD 53,275 | CAD 572,459 | 9 |
| Out-of-pocket cost | CAD 21,060 | CAD 230,603 | 4 | CAD 21,060 | CAD 226,296 | 3 |
| Informal caregiving | CAD 24,909 | CAD 272,749 | 5 | CAD 24,879 | CAD 267,328 | 4 |
| Sum | CAD 98,500 | CAD 1,078,558 | 20 | CAD 99,214 | CAD 1,066,083 | 16 |
| Indirect costs | ||||||
| Productivity losses | CAD 240,201 | CAD 2,630,149 | 48 | CAD 228,334 | CAD 2,453,514 | 36 |
| Home production losses | CAD 18,873 | CAD 206,655 | 4 | CAD 18,895 | CAD 203,035 | 3 |
| Friction losses | CAD 16,833 | CAD 184,322 | 3 | CAD 16,264 | CAD 174,767 | 3 |
| Sum | CAD 275,907 | CAD 3,021,126 | 55 | CAD 263,493 | CAD 2,831,316 | 42 |
| Intangible costs | ||||||
| Health-related quality of life losses (QALY) | 2.4 | 26.7 | - | 5.3 | 56.9 | - |
| Monetary value of health-related quality of life losses (CAD 50 k/QALY) | CAD 121,904 | CAD 1,334,824 | 25 | CAD 264,730 | CAD 2,844,602 | 42 |
| Sum | CAD 496,311 | CAD 5,434,508 | 100 | CAD 627,437 | CAD 6,742,000 | 100 |
Notes. Owing to rounding, columns, and rows may not sum to the exact same value, All values are in 2011 Canadian dollars.