| Source; cost category | Year; cost, $ millions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| EBIC report estimates | ||||
| Hospital care | 2267.5 | 2345.7 | 2504.9 | 2542.1 |
| Physician care | 847.1 | 894.1 | 1027.2 | 1125.9 |
| Outpatient drugs* | 408.5 | 625.2 | 560.7 | 509.8 |
| Other care† | ||||
| Total expenditures | 3523.2 | 3865.0 | 4092.9 | 4177.8 |
| Revised estimates | ||||
| Hospital care | 1645.7 | 1828.7 | 2463.1 | 2600.1 |
| Chemotherapy | 208.8 | 301.7 | 360.0 | 450.3 |
| Radiation therapy | 186.7 | 286.9 | 412.0 | 484.4 |
| Physician care | 496.4 | 549.5 | 608.3 | 697.4 |
| Outpatient drugs* | 209.9 | 230.4 | 255.5 | 295.0 |
| Other care† | 199.5 | 387.0 | 368.0 | 410.9 |
| Total expenditures (excluding chemotherapy, radiation therapy and other care) | 2351.9 | 2608.7 | 3326.9 | 3592.5 |
| Total expenditures (including chemotherapy and radiation therapy) | 2747.5 | 3197.4 | 4098.8 | 4527.2 |
| Total expenditures (including chemotherapy, radiation therapy and other care) | 2947.0 | 3584.4 | 4466.8 | 4938.1 |
| Difference: revised estimates versus EBIC report estimates | ||||
| Revised estimates excluding chemotherapy, radiation therapy and other care | -1171.2 | -1256.3 | -766.0 | -585.2 |
| Revised estimates including chemotherapy and radiation therapy but excluding other care | -775.7 | -667.7 | 5.9 | 349.4 |
| Revised estimates including chemotherapy, radiation therapy and other care | -576.2 | -280.6 | 374.0 | 760.3 |
Note: EBIC = Economic Burden of Illness in Canada 2005-2008.
*Includes expenditures by both public and private insurance plans in the EBIC report estimates but includes only public expenditures in the revised estimates.
†Includes nonphysician care (including other professional services performed outside the hospital setting), diagnostic testing, home care and assistive devices.