Table 6 Economic burden of lung cancer in Turkey
From: Economic burden of lung cancer in Turkey: a cost of illness study from payer perspective
| Direct cost | ||
| SCLC | NSCLC | |
| Number of patients | 7,500 | 42,500 |
| Per patient cost (€) | 8,772.49 | 10,167.07 |
| Total direct cost (€) | 497,894,699.34 | |
| Indirect cost | ||
| Number of persons | € | |
| Patient | 50,000 | 1,049,144,671 |
| Family caregiver | 47,500 | 29,906,627 |
| Formal caregiver | 2,500 | 5,751,575 |
| Total indirect cost (€) | 1,084,802,873.6 | |
| TOTAL LUNG CANCER BURDEN (€) | 1,582,697,573.0 | |