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Table 5 Estimates of patient-related costs for attendance to the ototoxicity monitoring programme (five visits)

From: Cisplatin-associated ototoxicity: perspectives from a single institution cervical cancer cohort and implications for developing a locally responsive monitoring programme in a public healthcare setting

 

Income loss per patient [Minimum wage per hour(US$1.5) × 8 h × 5 visits]

Transport per patient (US$ 7.60 per visit)

Total per patient

Unemployed

-

US$ 38

US$ 38

Old age grant recipient

-

US$ 38

US$ 38

Domestic worker/Day labourer

US$60

US$ 38

US$ 98