Estimated medical, and vision recovery cost of 884 industrial workers registered with SOCSO
| Cost category | No | Costs (RM) | Costs (US$*) | Total (RM) | Total (US$*) |
| Direct costs of medical recovery | 1 108 098.00 | 316 599.40 | |||
| Surgery B | 64 | 750.00 | 214.20 | 48 000.00 | 13 714.20 |
| Surgery C | 79 | 500.00 | 142.80 | 39 500.00 | 11 285.70 |
| Surgery D | 17 | 188.00 | 53.70 | 3196.00 | 913.10 |
| Outpatient (mild cases) | 75 | 40.00 | 11.40 | 3000.00 | 857.10 |
| Outpatient (moderate cases) | 393 | 70.00 | 20.00 | 27 510.00 | 786.00 |
| Outpatient (severe cases) | 19 | 100.00 | 28.50 | 1900.00 | 542.80 |
| Medication (mild treatment) | 72 | 50.00 | 14.20 | 17 850.00 | 5100.00 |
| Medication (moderate treatment) | 125 | 70.00 | 20.00 | 136 268.00 | 38 933.70 |
| Medication (severe treatment) | 40 | 100.00 | 28.50 | 254 900.00 | 72 828.50 |
| Ward cost | – | 32.00 | 9.10 | 540 374.00 | 154 392.50 |
| Vision recovery | |||||
| Spectacles | 25 | 400.00 | 114.20 | 10 000.00 | 2857.10 |
| Prosthesis | 6 | 3600.00 | 1028.50 | 21 600.00 | 6171.40 |
| Spectacles+prosthesis | 1 | 4000.00 | 1142.80 | 4000.00 | 1142.80 |
| Recovery references | 1 | – | – | ||
| Indirect costs | 4 150 140.00 | 1 185 754.20 | |||
| Value of temporary disability | 805 268.00 | 230 076.50 | |||
| Value of permanent disability | 3 344 872.00 | 955 677.70 | |||
| Total recovery costs | 5 258 238.00 | 1502353.70 |
Bold value indicates the total direct, indirect and combined recovery cost in RM and USD.
*US$1=RM3.5 (average of 2004–2008).