Table 1 Characteristics of study subjects (N = 6,098)
Characteristics | Categories | n | (%) | Medical care costs | Costs of high-intensity treatments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M ± SD | t or F | p | M ± SD | t or F | p | |||||
Overall | 14029.09 ± 12351.61 | 849.30 ± 1696.35 | ||||||||
Age (years) | 65-69a | 2015 | (33.0) | 14509.06 ± 13754.54 | 6.286 | < 0.001 | 1022.25 ± 1915.61 | 10.490 | < 0.001 | |
70-74b | 1723 | (28.3) | 13893.22 ± 12165.09 | e < a | 903.65 ± 1690.95 | e < a | ||||
75-79c | 1397 | (22.9) | 13174.38 ± 10410.21 | 797.56 ± 1415.94 | ||||||
80-84d | 700 | (11.5) | 13290.45 ± 11359.60 | 765.67 ± 1363.04 | ||||||
≥ 85e | 263 | (4.3) | 11527.59 ± 9606.35 | 532.76 ± 1118.03 | ||||||
Sex | Male | 4326 | (70.9) | 14036.07 ± 12414.62 | 3.742 | < 0.001 | 844.12 ± 1649.07 | -2.462 | 0.003 | |
Female | 1772 | (29.1) | 13212.25 ± 11897.87 | 919.28 ± 1715.09 | ||||||
Health insurance | Medicare | 5774 | (94.7) | 13791.74 ± 12239.64 | 2.753 | 0.001 | 885.72 ± 1672.51 | − 0.670 | 0.126 | |
Medicaid | 324 | (5.3) | 13209.85 ± 11083.89 | 904.15 ± 1453.35 | ||||||
Diagnoses | Lung | 1954 | (32.0) | 13352.25 ± 10357.22 | 537.32 ± 1037.42 | |||||
Liver | 940 | (15.4) | 15003.94 ± 17193.94 | 1456.94 ± 2354.25 | ||||||
Colorectal | 873 | (14.3) | 13933.02 ± 11563.89 | 956.99 ± 1700.19 | ||||||
Gastric | 614 | (10.1) | 14077.59 ± 12215.79 | 970.65 ± 1815.50 | ||||||
Gallbladder, Biliary duct | 577 | (9.5) | 15093.16 ± 12669.43 | 965.74 ± 1672.91 | ||||||
Pancreas | 417 | (6.8) | 11758.42 ± 8908.67 | 705.69 ± 1308.99 | ||||||
Bladder | 207 | (3.4) | 12983.22 ± 10592.49 | 1023.67 ± 2058.27 | ||||||
Prostate | 182 | (3.0) | 11430.34 ± 8818.27 | 918.31 ± 1480.08 | ||||||
Renal | 112 | (1.8) | 14156.77 ± 11778.34 | 1083.32 ± 1716.27 | ||||||
Breast | 107 | (1.8) | 13476.95 ± 12739.97 | 927.17 ± 1794.45 | ||||||
Thyroid | 58 | (1.0) | 15093.33 ± 8797.26 | 709.61 ± 835.20 | ||||||
Cervical | 57 | (0.9) | 11042.68 ± 7959.04 | 1122.30 ± 1322.62 | ||||||