Table 5 Total direct and indirect out-of-pocket costs accrued by patients with advanced NSCLC and their caregivers by disease stage
Patients | Caregivers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean annual cost outcome | Stage IIIB (n = 119) | Stage IV (n = 911) | Stage IIIB (n = 30) | Stage IV (n = 397) |
Total direct and indirect out-of-pocket costs (unadjusted) | n = 51 €3528 | n = 471 €5925 | n = 19 €2232 | n = 185 €4319 |
Financial support received from government | n = 110 €737 | n = 879 €2282 | n = 29 €663 | n = 357 €726 |
Total direct and indirect out-of-pocket costs (adjusteda) | n = 50 €2548 | n = 468 €2654 | n = 18 €2241 | n = 176 €3603 |